Applying for recognition of a course of expertise for biocidal products
If you want to offer a course for one or more uses of biocidal products that require expertise, you must first have the course recognised by the competent authority.
These are courses on how to carry out fumigation with plant protection products or biocidal products or for specific uses of biocidal products, such as:
- in the field of hygiene,
- as a pesticide or
- as a means of protection to prevent the formation of microbes and algae
be used.
In order to be admitted to the course, you must prove that the course meets the legal requirements and that you have qualified teaching staff.
You must apply for recognition of an expert course for biocidal products by e-mail or post to the competent authority.
- You submit the necessary documents to the competent authority.
- The competent authority will check your documents and give you feedback.
- The course concept fulfils the legal requirements for expertise according to the Hazardous Substances Ordinance
- Professionally qualified teaching staff
- Teaching material and documents relating to the course concept, including:
- Course Program
- Course contents
- Speakers and their qualifications
- Timetable with details of the lecturers for the teaching unit
- Proof of the qualifications of the speakers
- Contents of the presentations as short contributions
- Information about the teaching material
- Draft of a course certificate
- Exam documents and details of the exam procedure (e.g. an exam sheet with grading and marking of the correct answers)
- Precise description of the expertise acquired through the course with reference to the underlying Technical Rule for Hazardous Substances (TRGS)
- Required pre-qualification of the course participants
- Section 15c (3) of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV)
- in conjunction with Annex I No. 4.4 (1) sentence 2 of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV)
- Section 15d (4) of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV)
- in conjunction with Annex I No. 4.5 (1) of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV)
- The notification of recognition is accompanied by information on how to lodge an appeal.
- Questions and answers on the new version of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV) of July 2021 on the website of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
- Information on biocidal products and their use on the website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
- Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances (TRGS)
Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection
23.11.2023
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
