european biocides information network

"European biocides information network" is a non-profit network initiative in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry for Environment. It has been developed to serve industry, small and medium enterprises and authorities and intends to be continuously enlarged and updated on a regular basis and such performs as a time saving one-stop-shop platform with pre-selected and commented hyperlinks, articles and documents. Thanks to the commitment of the sponsors of this project we can provide free password protected access to this source of information for all interested parties.

The content covers:

• background, guidance and information on current and upcoming issues concerning biocides under the EU regime;
• information about member states, contact details of the relevant competent authorities and poison information centres as well as relevant  and publicly available regulatory inventories and sources of electronically available legal texts;
• contributions from authorities and industry experts aiming at a European wide harmonised understanding and handling of biocides regulations;
• clarification on specific scope issues;
• information about test-houses ;
• contact details of specialised consultants and overviews of  their services;
• information and links to scientific journals as well as books of relevance to the biocidal scientific and regulatory world;
• collection of helpful and publicly available databases;
• highlights and information of international organisations with relevant impact on the biocides regime in Europe such as OECD and UN;
• news and facts on meetings and trainings related to the biocides scientific and regulatory world;

An advisory committee, the members of which are all experts in the field of biocidal regulatory and scientific issues, advises and controls and such ensures the quality and high level of information and continuous development of this network

Head of committee:
Dr. Karl Hruby,
Head of the Austrian Poison Information Centre

Deputy head of committee:
Dr. Edmund Plattner,
Head of Department V/3 (Biocides) of the Austrian Ministry for Environment

Deputy head of committee:
Dr. Geoff  Wilson,
Consultant