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WTO notification · TBT

European UnionProposed measure, open for comments

Chemical products – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Implementing Decision (EU) repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2279 postponing the expiry date of the approval of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine for use in biocidal products of product-types 14, 18 and 20 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

The European Union notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 6 October 2026. Comments are open until 5 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Biocidal products

Notifying member
European Union
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/EU/1246
ICS classification
  • 71.100 Products of the chemical industry

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 5 December 2026
Proposed adoption
February 2027
Proposed entry into force
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 5 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EU/1246 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the European Union.

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What the notification says

This draft Commission Implementing Decision repeals the latest postponement of the expiry date of the approval of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types (PT) 14, 18 and 20. On 26 February 2020, applications was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (BPR) for the renewal of the approval of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine for PT 14, 18 and 20. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1284 postponed the expiry date of the approval of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine for PT 14 and 18 to 31 July 2024. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/732 postponed further the expiry date of the approval of the substance for PT 14 and 18 to 31 January 2026. Finally, that expiry date was again extended to 31 July 2027 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2279. In parallel, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/461 postponed the expiry date of the approval of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine for PT 20 to 31 January 2026. That expiry date was again extended to 31 July 2027 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2279. On 27 May 2026 the Agency adopted its opinions on aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine for PT 14, 18 and 20, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority. Given the opinions of the Agency, it is appropriate to renew the approval of aluminium phosphide…

Sources

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