# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013 of 6 May 2013 specifying a procedure for the authorisation of same biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 7: Authorisations and changes of same products

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A same product shall have a different authorisation number than that of the related reference product.
On all other aspects, the content of the authorisation of a same product shall be identical with that of the related reference product except in terms of the information in respect of which the products differ. The competent authority shall record the link between same products and related reference products.
2. Changes of a same product or of a related reference product shall be notified or applied for in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013 independently of each other.
Authorisations of a same product or of a related reference product may be changed or cancelled independently of each other.
However, in the evaluation of a proposed change of a same product or of a related reference product, the competent authority... shall consider the appropriateness of cancelling or amending the authorisation of other products to which the product is linked ... as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/414/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-414/article-7
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