The Biocidal Products Regulation

Martin Ahlhaus is a lawyer and partner at the law firm “Produktkanzlei”. He specializes in questions related to chemicals and substance regulations (including REACH, CLP, BPR, POP) as well as product-related environmental law. With respect to the BPR, he advises companies from various sectors on Product Compliance and Product Stewardship projects. He represents multiple consortia established for active substance approval and/or biocidal product authorisation. Additionally, he represents companies in relevant regulatory and judicial proceedings at national and European level.

Eugen Anwander has been employed at the Federal State Government Service Vorarlberg in the Institute for Environment and Food Safety and the Chemical Safety Unit since 1992. Being a chemical inspector, he is currently the Vice-Chair of the Biocidal Products Regulation Subgroup within the ECHA Enforcement Forum.

Carina Bos is European Registered Toxicologist and works as a Senior Scientific Assessor Human Toxicology at the Dutch Ctgb. She has collected experience with the Biocidal Products Regulation for over 14 years, both at active substance level and at biocidal product authorisation level.

Ellen Fritsche, MD, is habilitated for Environmental Toxicology and is the new Director of the Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT) in Basel. She previously held a professorship at the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf in a joint appointment as a Group Leader position at the IUF - Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf. Her lab has been developing and scientifically validating new approach methods (NAMs) for developmental (DNT) and adult neurotoxicity. She is part of an international consortium involving EFSA and the OECD that set up a DNT in vitro battery (IVB) for regulatory purposes and was involved in the preparation of the OECD recommendations on use and interpretation of this DNT IVB. She is actively involved in the H2020 and Horizon Europe projects on regulatory toxicology, PARC, ENTpoiNTs, ONTOX, CHIASMA and the EFSA projects Brain Health and DNT-RAP.

Lonne Gerritsen has a background in plant protection research. From 2007 to 2018 she worked for the Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) as an expert on efficacy of biocides. She was a member of the ECHA BPR WG on efficacy and was involved in the preparation of efficacy guidance over the years. In 2018, she started working for Knoell in the Netherlands as a consultant in regulatory affairs and efficacy expert for biocides. In her current role at Knoell, Lonne is part of Knoell’s efficacy task force and supports clients with her expertise in the efficacy and regulatory area.

Roberto Gilioli started working in ECHA in 2008 and he is currently leading the Team in the Biocidal Products Unit which manages the development of Biocides IT tools, coordinates the updates of guidance documents and provides support to the organisation of meetings relevant for BPR processes.Before joining Biocides, he has been working in ECHA as risk manager in the context of REACH authorisation processes. A Chemical Engineer by degree, he has post-graduate qualifications in environmental management and economics and he also holds an executive master in business administration.

Henning Krüger is a lawyer at the Dortmund-based law firm ChemLaw, specialised on chemical regulations (BPR, REACH, CLP, Cosmetics etc.). He advises companies from production and trade on product compliance and product stewardship projects and in connection with the drafting of contracts in the supply chain. He also represents companies in corresponding regulatory and judicial proceedings at national and European level and in competition law disputes with competitors. Having worked for several years as the responsible lawyer for the Federal Chemicals Agency at the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Henning is very familiar with all issues of European and national chemicals law.

Vera Ritz is Head of the Unit „Steering and Overall Assessment Biocides“ in the Department „Pesticides Safety“ at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin. She has been working at the BfR since 2006 and is involved in assessments, conceptual and research activities regarding EDs.

Fabien Rouessay spent about 15 years in the chemical industry and more specifically in the biocidal regulation area before joing Redebel Regulatory Affairs five years ago. Here he is a project and consortium manager: In addition to providing support during the whole dossier preparation process, he assists applicants in defending their dossiers throughout assessment challenging period also by representing them at meetings with competent authorities.

Boris Van Berlo has a PhD in catalysis from the KU Leuven. His biocides journey started 14 years ago at the Belgian Competent Authority. In 2019 he joined Biocides For Europe, a sector group of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) where he currently leads the biocides team.

An Vanden Bosch holds a PhD in medical sciences and is a certified European Registered Toxicologist (ERT). At ARCHE Consulting, she provides regulatory assistance to clients in the biocides and crop protection industry.

Carolina Vieira joined knoell Germany, where she works as a Regulatory Chemist, in 2017. Currently she is involved mainly in different Biocide projects (Biocidal product authorizations, Biocidal Product Families, Active Substance Renewals etc.), focusing on physicochemical properties, physical hazards and analytical methods, supporting clients with their dossier registrations. She studied Chemistry (Msci) and Environmental Science (Msc). She is an Associated Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Thilo Walther joined the German BAuA in 2009 after studying chemistry and obtaining his PhD at the Max-Planck Institute in Dortmund. He was member of the working party, which developed the new BPF guidance.

Cindy van der Meer is currently Account Manager Biocides and Team Leader of the team Service Desk & Project Support at the dutch Ctgb, which she joined in 2010. As Account Manager she is the first point of contact for companies wishing to apply for a biocides registration at the Ctgb. Cindy has a PhD in Medical Biology.