Article 26 Applicable procedure

Applicants seeking the authorisation of a biocidal product meeting the conditions of Article 25 shall submit an application to the F1competent authority, F2....

The F3... competent authority shall inform the applicant of the F4appropriate fees and shall reject the application if the applicant fails to pay the fees within 30 days. It shall inform the applicant accordingly.

Upon receipt of the appropriate fees, the ... competent authority shall accept the application and inform the applicant accordingly, indicating the date of the acceptance.

Where the application is one to which paragraph 2B applies, paragraph 2 applies as if for “shall inform the applicant of the appropriate fees” there were substituted “shall inform the applicant before 31st December 2027 of the appropriate fees”.

This paragraph applies to—

A “relevant category B product” is a product containing an active substance falling within category B of the Simplified Active Substance List that before IP completion day was—

F6Subject to paragraph 3A, within 90 days of accepting an application, the ... competent authority shall authorise the biocidal product if satisfied that the product meets the conditions laid down in Article 25.

Where a relevant application is accepted before 2nd October 2027, the competent authority must authorise the application before 31st December 2027 if it is satisfied that the product meets the conditions laid down in Article 25.

In paragraph 3A, “relevant application” is one that is submitted in respect of a product containing an active substance that before IP completion day was—

Where the ... competent authority considers that the application is incomplete, it shall inform the applicant as to what additional information is required and shall set a reasonable time limit for the submission of that information. That time limit shall not normally exceed 90 days.

The ... competent authority shall, within 90 days of receipt of the additional information, authorise the biocidal product if satisfied, on the basis of the additional information submitted, that the product meets the conditions laid down in Article 25.

F8Where paragraph 3A applies, the deadline of 31st December 2027 referred to in that paragraph is to be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days beginning with the date on which the competent authority requested additional information and ending with the date on which the information was received by the competent authority plus 90 days.

The ... competent authority shall reject the application if the applicant fails to submit the requested information within the deadline and shall inform the applicant accordingly. In such cases, where fees have been paid, part of the fees F9... shall be reimbursed.