How to read this definition
Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Can establish this activity
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
6 criteria
- 01Criterion
Include manufacturers of biocidal active substances whose production or specified use is prohibited, not approved, cancelled, or severely restricted under an identified current legal instrument.
- 02Criterion
Include formulators of finished biocidal products that contain a qualifying active substance or whose product authorization or specified use is prohibited, cancelled, not approved, or severely restricted.
- 03Criterion
Include production of biocidal active substances or products subject to a relevant persistent-organic-pollutant prohibition or severe restriction, with substance, product type, jurisdiction, and effective date recorded.
- 04Criterion
Include industrial, professional, agricultural, household, disinfectant, preservative, antifouling, rodenticide, insecticide, or other biocidal products only where the identified product or use meets the qualifying legal status.
- 05Criterion
Include manufacture covered by a specific restriction, non-approval, cancellation, prohibition, or restricted-use decision under the EU BPR, REACH, Canadian law, FIFRA, or another identified jurisdictional instrument.
- 06Criterion
Include antimicrobial, pesticidal, or disinfectant formulations only where they have a biocidal function and meet the qualifying legal status; hazard properties alone are insufficient.
Does not establish this activity on its own
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
6 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude authorized, approved, registered, or otherwise lawful products and uses that are not subject to the selected prohibition, non-approval, cancellation, or severe restriction.
- 02Criterion
Exclude fertilizers, nutrients, soil amendments, plant biostimulants, and other products without a biocidal function or claim.
- 03Criterion
Exclude human or veterinary medicines, medical devices, and pharmaceutical antimicrobial products regulated solely under medicinal-product frameworks, unless separately regulated as a biocide for the relevant use.
- 04Criterion
Exclude retailers, distributors, importers, exporters, and marketplaces without manufacturing or formulation responsibility; assess commercial distribution separately.
- 05Criterion
Exclude soaps, detergents, cleaners, cosmetics, and consumer products without a regulated biocidal function or qualifying restricted active substance or use.
- 06Criterion
Exclude biological controls, biopesticides, natural products, and low-risk active substances that are approved and not subject to the selected qualifying restriction.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.