
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down the procedure applicable where an authorisation is sought for a product (the ‘same product’) which is identical to another single biocidal product, biocidal product family, or individual product of a biocidal product family which has been authorised or registered in the United Kingdom in accordance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or authorised or registered in the United Kingdom in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, or authorised or registered in Great Britain in accordance with this Regulation, or for which an application for such authorisation has been submitted (the ‘related reference product’), with regard to all the latest information submitted in relation to the authorisation or registration, except information which can be the subject of an administrative change in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013.
Article 2 
By way of derogation from Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 ... an application for authorisation of a same product shall contain the following information:
((a)) the authorisation number or, for not yet approved related reference products, the application number of the related reference product provided by the competent authority on submission of that application;
((b)) an indication of the proposed differences between the same product and the related reference product, and evidence that the products are identical on all other aspects;
((c)) where required by Article 59(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, letters of access to all the data supporting the authorisation of the related reference product;
((d)) a draft summary of the biocidal product characteristics for the same product.
Article 3 

1. Where the related reference product has been authorised by national authorisation in the United Kingdom (before IP completion day) or in Great Britain (from IP completion day) or is the subject of an application for such an authorisation in Great Britain, applications for authorisation of a same product shall be submitted in accordance with Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 to the competent authority ....
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2. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the competent authority shall validate the application within 30 days of accepting it, provided that the information indicated in Article 2 has been submitted.The validation shall include a check that the proposed differences between the same product and the related reference product concern merely information which can be the subject of an administrative change in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013.
Article 4 
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Article 4a 

1. Where the related reference product has been authorised in accordance with Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 or is the subject of an application for such an authorisation, applications for authorisation of a same product shall be submitted in accordance with Article 26(1) of that Regulation to the competent authority ....
2. The competent authority shall accept the application in accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
Article 4b 
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Article 5 

(1, Subject to paragraph 2, by way of derogation from Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the competent authority shall decide whether to grant or refuse authorisation of a same product in accordance with Article 19 of that Regulation within 60 days from the validation of the application in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, or, where applicable, from the subsequent date of adoption of the corresponding decision concerning the related reference product.
(2. By way of derogation from Article 30 of Regulation No 528/2012, where an application for authorisation of a same product is validated in accordance with Article 3 before 1st November 2027, or, where applicable, the subsequent date of adoption of the corresponding decision concerning the related reference product is before 1st November 2027, the competent authority must decide whether to grant or refuse the authorisation in accordance with Article 19 of that Regulation before 31st December 2027.
Article 6 
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Article 6a 

1. Subject to paragraph 1A, by way of derogation from Article 26(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the competent authority shall decide whether to grant or refuse authorisation of a same product in accordance with Article 25 of that Regulation within 60 days from the acceptance of the application in accordance with Article 4a(2) of this Regulation, or, where applicable, from the subsequent date of adoption of the corresponding decision concerning the related reference product.
(1A. By way of derogation from Article 26(3) and (4) of Regulation No 528/2012, where an application for authorisation of a same product is accepted in accordance with Article 4a(2) before 1st November 2027, or, where applicable, the subsequent date of adoption of the corresponding decision concerning the related reference product is before 1st November 2027, the competent authority must decide whether to grant or refuse the authorisation in accordance with Article 25 of that Regulation before 31st December 2027.
2. The evaluation shall include a check that the information indicated in Article 2 has been submitted and that the proposed differences between the same product and the related reference product concern merely information which can be the subject of an administrative change in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013.
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Article 7 

1. A same product shall have a different authorisation number than that of the related reference product.On all other aspects, the content of the authorisation of a same product shall be identical with that of the related reference product except in terms of the information in respect of which the products differ. The competent authority shall record the link between same products and related reference products.
2. Changes of a same product or of a related reference product shall be notified or applied for in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 354/2013 independently of each other.Authorisations of a same product or of a related reference product may be changed or cancelled independently of each other.However, in the evaluation of a proposed change of a same product or of a related reference product, the competent authority... shall consider the appropriateness of cancelling or amending the authorisation of other products to which the product is linked ... as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.
Article 8 
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