Biocidal Products Committee: New Chair's outlook on future challenges

Safer Chemicals Podcast

After the summer break, the Biocidal Products Committee is back in business discussing the latest active substance and Union authorisation cases.

In this episode, we will introduce Joost van Galen, the new Chair of the committee, who tells about his background and how it has prepared him for this new role. He also shares his thoughts about the main challenges that the committee will be facing in the coming years. In addition, we cover the most important opinions that the committee concluded on during the
September meeting.

What the Biocidal Products Committee does

The Committee prepares scientific opinions for the European Commission on biocidal active substances and on EU-wide authorisations of biocidal products.

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Highlights from September Biocidal Products Commitee meeting - ECHA news update, 20 September 2023

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Chapters

1. This was the first BPC meeting that you Joost have chaired. How was the meeting? (00:00:59)

2. What is the minor change process used for and what challenges it brings to the committee? (00:03:06)

3. What did the committee discuss in this meeting related to minor changes? (00:05:14)

4. Active substance applications (00:06:08)

5. The committee covered also four Union authorisation applications (00:07:29)

6. Getting to know the new Chair - how has your career so far prepared you for the role of the BPC Chair? (00:08:32)

7. The BPC is facing several challenges in the coming years. Which ones would you like to focus on first? (00:11:50)

8. How much have you been involved in the BPC work before becoming the Chair? (00:13:41)

9. Vision for the future - how do you see the next 10 years of the committee? (00:14:56)