Commentaries: Art. 20

The Notification Authority shall decide on authorisation in the form of a ruling.
The ruling, except in the case of an authorisation AN, shall include:
1. the conditions for the placing on the market and use of the biocidal product;
2. a summary of the biocidal product characteristics, comprising:
1. the trade name of the biocidal product, 2. the name and address of the authorisation holder, 3. the date of the authorisation and the date of its expiry, 4. the product type and, where relevant, an exact description of the authorised use, 5. the categories of users, 6. the Swiss authorisation number, together with, in the case of a biocidal product family, the suffixes to apply to individual biocidal products within the biocidal product family, 7. the name and address of the manufacturer of the biocidal product and of the active substances it contains, including details of the manufacturing sites, 8. the type of formulation of the biocidal product, and the qualitative and quantitative composition in terms of the active substances and non-active substances, knowledge of which is essential for proper use of biocidal products; in the case of a biocidal product family, a minimum and maximum percentage shall be indicated for each active and non-active substance, where the minimum percentage indicated for certain substances may be 0%, 9. the hazard and precautionary statements, 10. the target harmful organisms, 11. the application doses and instructions for use, 12. the particulars of likely direct or indirect adverse effects, 13. first aid instructions and emergency measures to protect the environment, 14. instructions for safe disposal of the product and its packaging, 15. conditions of storage and shelf-life of the biocidal product under normal conditions of storage, 16. where relevant, other information about the biocidal product; c. information on the amount of fees.
The ruling for an authorisation ANshall include:
1. the conditions for the placing on the market and use of the biocidal product;
2. the trade name of the biocidal product;
3. the name and address of the authorisation holder;
4. the date of the authorisation and the date of its expiry;
5. the Swiss authorisation number;
6. the product type and, where relevant, an exact description of the authorised use;
7. the categories of users;
8. the name and address of the manufacturer of the biocidal product and of the active substances it contains;
9. each active substance and its content in the product;
10. where relevant, other information or details of the safety data sheet;
11. information on the amount of fees;
12. where relevant, other information.