{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/528",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Content of authorisation",
  "text": "1. An authorisation shall stipulate the terms and conditions relating to the making available on the market and use of the single biocidal product or the biocidal product family and include a summary of the biocidal product characteristics.\n2. Without prejudice to Articles 66 and 67, the summary of the biocidal product characteristics for a single biocidal product or, in the case of a biocidal product family, the biocidal products within that biocidal product family, shall include the following information:\n(a) trade name of the biocidal product;\n(b) name and address of the authorisation holder;\n(c) date of the authorisation and its date of expiry;\n(d) authorisation number of the biocidal product, together with, in the case of a biocidal product family, the suffixes to apply to individual biocidal products within the biocidal product family;\n(e) qualitative and quantitative composition in terms of the active substances and non-active substances, knowledge of which is essential for proper use of biocidal products; and in the case of a biocidal product family, the quantitative composition shall indicate a minimum and maximum percentage for each active and non-active substance, where the minimum percentage indicated for certain substances may be 0 %;\n(f) manufacturers of the biocidal product (names and addresses including location of manufacturing sites);\n(g) manufacturers of the active substances (names and addresses including location of manufacturing sites);\n(h) type of formulation of the biocidal product;\n(i) hazard and precautionary statements;\n(j) product-type and, where relevant, an exact description of the authorised use;\n(k) target harmful organisms;\n(l) application doses and instructions for use;\n(m) categories of users;\n(n) particulars of likely direct or indirect adverse effects and first aid instructions and emergency measures to protect the environment;\n(o) instructions for safe disposal of the product and its packaging;\n(p) conditions of storage and shelf-life of the biocidal product under normal conditions of storage;\n(q) where relevant, other information about the biocidal product.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/528/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:22.826342+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}