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07/28/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/28/2025 01:13
28 July 2025 - News release Biocides fees increase with inflation
ECHA/NR/25/23
The European Commission has adopted the revised Biocides Fee Regulation to account for inflation. Standard fees for companies related to active substance approvals, Union authorisations and other tasks, such as technical equivalence checks, will increase by 19.5%.
Helsinki, 28 July 2025 - The 19.5% rise in fees reflects the average annual inflation rate in Europe between 2021 and 2023 and is the first fee adjustment since the Biocidal Products Regulation entered into force in 2013.
Reduced fees for micro, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), along with the eligibility criteria for these reductions, will apply as before. The fee reductions will continue to be calculated as a percentage of the standard fees.
The updated fees will apply from 14 August 2025.
Background
The European Commission adopted the revised Biocides Fee Regulation on 24 July 2025. It enters into force and starts applying 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Press contact: Mikko Väänänen, [email protected], +358 40 520 3513
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