Organization of the Inventory

Currently Latvian Environment Agency (LEA) is a Competent Authority for the implementation of the biocidal products Directive 98/8/EC. The Agency prepared an inventory of the biocidal products placed on the Latvian market until the day of accession. This is need essential for finding out clarification of the situation regarding biocidal products on the Latvian market.

If company place biocidal products on our country's market before May 1, 2004, they have to submit to LEA information what is required in national legislation: Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia No. 184 of April 15, 2003 "Requirements of for Handling of Biocidal Products".

We have received data from 73 companies (producers and importers), that number is growing every day.

There is no other registration or authorisation necessary for biocidal products, containing existing active substances, used in Latvia until the full evaluation of notified substances (May 14, 2010 as a latest date).

If active substances are identified only (Annex III to the Comm. Reg. (EC) 2032/2003) in these cases, those may be used until September 1, 2006.

If active substances are used for other purpose products(s) type(s) than stated in Annex II of the 2^nd Review Regulation (EC) 2032/2003, to the European Commission, those may be used until September 1, 2006.

Authorisation of Biocidal Products for Placing on the Market

Active substances, which are neither notified, nor identified in EU shall obtain provisional authorisation for being allowed to place a substance on the EU market since May 1, 2004. Companies, which have those active substances have to submit dossier for provisional authorisation, and experts have to evaluate the biocidal product's and active substance's dossiers in accordance with the Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia No. 184 of April 15, 2003 "Requirements of Handling of Biocides", Annex 2, 4 and 9. Group of experts will contain experts from the Latvian Environment Agency, experts from the Public Health Agency, experts in ecotoxicolgy, and experts in toxicology.

Experts from the Latvian Environment Agency and experts in ecotoxicolgy shall evaluate environmental aspects of the risk assessment for the biocidal product and its actives, however experts from the Public Health Agency and experts in toxicology shall perform assessment of human health aspects of the biocide and its actives.

Dossiers for Biocidal Active Substances

We plan that the group of experts for evaluation of the dossiers will consist of up to 7 experts from various institutions. Experts from the Latvian Environment Agency and experts in ecotoxicolgy shall evaluate environmental aspects of the risk assessment for the biocidal product and its actives; however experts from the Public Health Agency and experts in toxicology shall perform assessment of human health aspects of the biocide and its actives.

Co-operation among Baltic States Authorities and Industry on Implementation of the Requirements of the Biocidal Products Directive

Latvian Environment Agency organizes workshop and planning training to co-operate with our industry (producers and importers). We are offering new information about news on the latest developments in the field of Biocidal Product Directive BPD and information concerning Biocidal Product Directive.

Mostly discussed problems are:

• active substances in biocidal products,
• permissible application of active substances,
• dossier for provisional authorisation.

What you need to do, if Your Company would like to put biocidal product on Latvian market?

If company place a biocidal product on our country's market, they have to submit to LEA following information:

1. Juridical address and address (if different) of the producer or importer.

2. Name of producer or importer, registration number in the Register of Commerce of the Republic of Latvia, VAT code.

3. Person responsible for the information submitted to LEA (position, first name, surname, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address).

4. Name and address of producer, if imported.

5. Name(-s) of biocidal product(-s) and active substance(-s).

6. Use category(-ies) for each product/active substance in accordance with the Annex V of the Directive BPD.

7. Total annual volume of the product/active substance.

8. Evidence that product/active substance was on EU/Latvian market before May 14, 2000.

9. Date for submission of a dossier for provisional authorisation of the active substance, if a substance is neither notified, nor identified in EU (see Annexes I-III to the 2^nd Review Regulation (EC) 2032/2003), or is used for other purpose than stated in Annex II of the Com. Reg. (EC) 2032/2003.

Since July 30, 2004 all biocidal products must be properly classified and labeled in accordance with dangerous substances directive 1999/45/EC. Label should be in Latvian.

Biocidal products and active substances must have proper Safety Data Sheet in Latvian language.