{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1062/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1062/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1062",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 of 4 August 2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1062",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Substance/product-type combinations eligible for inclusion in the review programme",
  "text": "Where a biocidal product covered by the scope of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and being placed on the market consists of, contains or generates an existing active substance which is neither approved, nor included in the review programme, for the product-type, and is not included in the Simplified Active Substance List, that substance shall be eligible for inclusion in the review programme for the relevant product-type on any of the following grounds:\n(a)the product was placed on the market before IP completion day and the person placing the product on the market has relied on guidance published by, or written advice received from, the Commission or a competent authority designated in accordance with Article 26 of Directive 98/8/EC or Article 81 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, where that guidance or advice gave objectively justified reasons to believe that the product was excluded from the scope of Directive 98/8/EC or of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, or that the relevant product-type was one for which the active substance had been notified and where that guidance or advice is subsequently reviewed in a decision adopted pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 or in new, authoritative guidance published by the Commission before IP completion day or the competent authority after IP completion day;\n(aa)the product was placed on the market after IP completion day and the person placing the product on the market has relied on guidance published by, or written advice received from, the competent authority after IP completion day, where that guidance or advice gave objectively justified reasons to believe that the product was excluded from the scope of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, or that the relevant product-type was one for which the active substance had been notified and where that guidance or advice is subsequently reviewed in a decision issued pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 or in new, authoritative guidance published by the Competent Authority;\n(b)the substance has benefitted from the derogation for food and feed provided for by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 and the person placing the product on the market has complied with the time limits provided for by Regulation (EU) No 528/2012;\n(c)...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15 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. 227(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(a) 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. 227(3)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 70(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(a) inserted (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. 227(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 70(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 15(aa) inserted (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. 227(4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 70); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(b) inserted (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. 227(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 15(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of 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. 227(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1062/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:16.289503+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."
}