{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-354/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-354/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/354",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013 of 18 April 2013 on changes of biocidal products authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-354",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Classification of changes of products",
  "text": "1. Changes of products are classified in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Annex to this Regulation. Certain categories of changes are listed in the tables of the Annex.\n2. The holder of an authorisation may request the competent authority to provide an opinion on the classification in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Annex to this Regulation of a change not listed in one of the tables of that Annex.\nThe opinion must be delivered within 45 days following receipt of the request and payment of the appropriate fee. In this Regulation, “appropriate fee” means the fee payable for the activity concerned in relations made under section 43 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 where the competent authority is appointed in accordance with regulation 5 of the Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013.\nThe competent authority shall publish the opinion after deletion of all information of commercial confidential nature.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 179(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 63(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 179(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 63(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 179(c) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 63(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/354/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:43.181490+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."
}