Coming into force of the non-approval of nanosilver as a biocide

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24/08/2021
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This August 24, the decision of non-approval as a biocide of silver “as a nanomaterial” for product types 2, 4 and 9, comes into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) of August 3.

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