Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 21 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with (a) other Government Departments and (b) other EU member states on the introduction of the European Biocidal Directive 1998; and if he will make a statement.
Lead responsibility for biocidal policy lies with the Department for Work and Pensions through their agency the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have had recent discussions with HSE on biocidal policy which have centred on the preparations for the introduction of the biocidal products regulation that will replace the biocidal directive 1998. Issues HSE have raised with us include: fees to be paid by industry to the European Chemicals Agency for work carried out by that Agency and proposals for the introduction of fees to be paid by industry to the HSE for work carried out by them.
As BIS are not the policy lead for this issue, we have not had any discussions with other EU member states on biocidal policy; these are taken forward by the HSE.
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