Draft Commission Implementing Decision not approving ethylene oxide as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 2 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Protection of the environment (TBT); Harmonization (TBT)

Biocidal products

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291010 - Oxirane "ethylene oxide"

71.100 - Products of the chemical industry

This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve ethylene oxide as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 2.The Commission services concluded that none of the uses of ethylene oxide that the applicant included in the application for approval under the Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (the BPR), or mentioned as further intended uses in their communication with the Commission, are covered by the scope of the BPR, but instead fall within the scope of the Union legislation on medicinal products or on medical devices.

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