Everything about biocides at the webpage of NPHMOS:

Department of Biocides

H-1096 Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 2.

Postal address: 1437 Budapest, Pf. 839

Phone: +36 1 476 1181

Fax: +36 1 476 1227

E-mail: 

The Department of Biocides

was established in 2 April, 2007

in the National Institute of Chemical Safety.

The activity of the Department is determined by Public Act No XXV of 2000 on Chemical Safety, by the Health Ministerial Decree No 44 of (27 Dec) 2000  on the detailed rules of certain procedures and activities related to dangerous substances and dangerous preparations, by the joint ministerial decree of the Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Environment and Water No 38 of (7 July) 2003 on the conditions of producing and placing of biocidal products on the market, and by regulations of the EC related to the Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The Directive 98/8/EC commenced a review programme for the examination of the active substances of all biocidal products already on the market. Until the decision is made in the review programme concerning a certain active substance, in the "transition period", the placing of biocidal products* on the market is regulated by the Member States' own, national regulations in force.
After the the decision on the inclusion of the given active substance is made, as a result of the review programme, the authorisation of the active substance is made according to the Directive and the joint ministerial decree of the Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Environment and Water No 38 of (7 July) 2003.

The Hungarian regulations in force (in the transitional period) can be seen on the following link, clicking on the product type of your interest: 

*The definition of a biocidal  product according to the joint ministerial decree of the Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Environment and Water No 38 of (7 July) 2003 is: an active substance, or a preparation containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to destroy, deter, render harmless, prevent the action of, or otherwise exert a controlling effect on any harmful biological organism by chemical or biological means, and can be classified as one of the product types given in Annex V.

The Tasks of the Department of Biocides:

- As a Rapporteur Member State participation in the review procedure of active substances.
- Compilation of coordinated public health and toxicological reports in the course of the authorization and other related procedures of biocidal products, for the Office of the Chief Medical Officer.
- In the transition period, according to the Article 30 and 31 of the joint ministerial decree of the Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Environment and Water No 38 of 2003 (7 July) making expert opinions on the preparations in the product types concerned.

The Department participates in the following tasks:

– teaching and postgraduate training,
– drafting of legaslations according to the scope of action of the Department,
– taking part in the work of the European Commission Directorate-General Environment Directorate B- ENV.B.3. CA, SC and TM

Helpful documents:

– The list of substances included in the Community list – 10 February, 2011 (in Hungarian)
– The list of substances that were refused to be included in the Community list
– The actual status of the active substances in the review programme – 10 February, 2011 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 1 Sept, 2003 and 16 Dec, 2003 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 12 Jan, 2004 and 17 Dec, 2004 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 13 Jan, 2005 and 19 Dec, 2005 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 16 Jan, 2006 and 13 Dec, 2006 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 02 Jan, 2007 and 18 Dec, 2007 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 03 Jan, 2008 and 16 Dec, 2008 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 05 Jan, 2009 and 22 Dec, 2009 (in Hungarian)
– Biocidal preparations registered in the NICS between 04 Jan, 2010 and 28 Dec, 2010 (in Hungarian)
– Declaration of Mutual Recognition (in Hungarian, at the webpage of NPHMOS)