Applicants seeking the authorisation of a biocidal product meeting the conditions of Article 25 shall submit an application to the F3competent authority, F4....

The F5... competent authority shall inform the applicant of the F6appropriate 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 F6appropriate fees, the F5... 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”.

F8Subject to paragraph 3A, within 90 days of accepting an application, the F5... 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.

Where the F5... 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 F5... 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.

F10Where 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 F5... 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 F11... shall be reimbursed.

The competent authority must, after receiving the decision of the Secretary of State, update the Simplified Active Substance List in order to include active substances provided that there is evidence that they do not give rise to concern according to paragraph 2 of this Article.

The Secretary of State may agree to the restriction or removal of an entry of an active substance to the Simplified Active Substance List on the recommendation of the competent authority if there is evidence that biocidal products containing that substance do not, in certain circumstances, satisfy the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article or in Article 25.

Paragraph 1 or 3 shall apply at the initiative of the Secretary of State or at the request of an economic operator or at the request of a Devolved Authority providing the necessary evidence as referred to in those paragraphs.

The Secretary of State may make regulations to further specify the procedures to be followed with respect to the amendment of the Simplified Active Substance List.

A decision issued or a function carried out under paragraph 1, 3 or 5 is subject to the consent requirement.

Where any of the Devolved Authorities makes proposals in relation to regulations under paragraph 5 above, the Secretary of State must have regard to such proposals when deciding whether to exercise functions under that paragraph.