R4BP 3 is the central hub through which all biocides’ applications are submitted to ECHA and National Authorities. It provides functions which enable the industry and the authorities to comply with the legislative requirements and exchange information between them. 

Biocides submissions under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012) started on 1 September 2013. 

IUCLID standalone application or IUCLID cloud services are used for preparing collecting, organising and storing the data on active substances and biocidal products including preparation of summary of the product characteristics (SPC).

IUCLID standalone application can be downloaded from the IUCLID website, IUCLID Cloud services are accessible through ECHA Cloud services web-link.