Replacing hazardous substances in biocidal products
EU Funding & Tenders Portal HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 · Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
| Funder | European Commission |
|---|---|
| Status | forthcoming |
| Opens | 20 Apr 2027 |
| Deadline | 22 Sep 2027 — 326 days |
| Action | HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions |
| Official page | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunit… |
| Last checked | 2026-10-31 06:01:29+00:00 |
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| Instrument | HORIZON-RIA |
|---|---|
| Stages | single-stage |
| EU contribution | €4.0m per project |
| Projects expected | 3, sharing €12.0m |
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Scope
Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute driving the innovation of public authorities and industrial operators confronted with the Biocidal products regulation (EC) No 528/2012, within the 'safe and sustainable by design' framework. The outcomes should support the goals of the Commission communication on: Building the future with nature: Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU, of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, of the Strategy for European Life Sciences and of the new EU bioeconomy strategy. Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: innovation in bio-based and natural substances brings safer alternatives to hazardous substances contained in biocidal products, with decreased risk on human health and biodiversity, including pollinators; safe, sustainable and effective solutions are developed and tested for the control of harmful organisms affecting human or animal health or the environment. Scope: Despite being needed for the control of pests or harmful organisms, some of the biocidal active substances currently approved are problematic for human or animal health or the environment. More innovation to bring safer alternatives into the market is therefore essential, allowing for further restriction or ban to the use of the most hazardous biocidal active substances. Proposals should: develop innovative and Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD [1] ) bio-based substances to effectively replace hazardous active substances used in biocidal products covered by Biocidal products regulation [2] and, specifically, at least in one of the following applications as listed below: hazardous active substances used in wood preservatives biocidal products. Developed solutions/substances should aim to limit the development of resistance or cross-resistance to harmful organisms, such as Aspergillus species , and in particular Aspergillus fumigatus ; hazardous active substances used in insecticides biocidal products to control mosquitos. Developed solutions/substances should be sufficiently effective to control larvae or adults of mosquitoes responsible for diseases transmitted to humans or animals; the developed substances can include active substances derived from plants, microbes and other natural sources, and bio-based substances; include a review at international level of the hazardous active substances in the scope (wood preservatives and insecticides to control mosquitos); test the solutions/substances developed and assess their safety for human health, terrestrial and aquatic biodivers…
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