THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, and in particular Article 17(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 specifies procedures for applying for and granting authorisation of biocidal products.
(2)
Where applications are submitted to the same receiving competent authority or to the Agency for two or more authorisations of biocidal products with the same properties, the authorisations may be granted based on one single product evaluation and, as the case may be, comparative assessment. It is therefore appropriate to provide for an adapted authorisation procedure for such cases.
(3)
The terms and conditions relating to the making available on the market and use of a biocidal product should be based on the evaluation made of the product. It is therefore appropriate to require that biocidal products authorised in accordance with this Regulation are authorised on the same terms and conditions as the evaluated biocidal products to which they refer, with the exception of the details on which the products differ.
(4)
Since this Regulation specifies a procedure provided for by Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, which applies from 1 September 2013, this Regulation should also apply from that date.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
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