The Biocidal Products Regulations 2001

General provisions on applications for authorisations and registrations

34.—(1) An application for—

(a) an authorisation of a biocidal product under regulation 9, 11, 13, 15 or 17; and

(b) a registration of a biocidal product under regulation 10, 12, or 14,

shall be made to the Ministers by, or on behalf of, the person responsible for first placing the biocidal product in question on the market in Great Britain.

(2) An application referred to in paragraph (1), and information submitted in support of such an application, shall be in English.

(3) An applicant shall have a permanent office within the Community.

(4) When requested to do so by the Ministers, an applicant shall submit to them samples of—

(a) the biocidal product in question; and

(b) its ingredients.

(5) The Ministers shall communicate their decision in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (1) to the applicant.

(6) Every authorisation and every registration granted under these Regulations shall be in writing.

(7) In this regulation, “applicant” means an applicant for—

(a) an authorisation of a biocidal product under regulation 9, 11, 13, 15 or 17; or

(b) a registration of a biocidal product under regulation 10, 12 or 14.