Guidance to Applicants
1. Introduction
Advice Sheet 1 outlines the essential elements of the approval application process. You are strongly recommended to read this before proceeding further with your application.
The approval process under Regulation 31(4)(a) is subject to charges . Full details are provided in the Guidance document (PDF 119KB).
Any application for approval which has not progressed for six months will be closed and a new application will need to be made.
2. Product Re-approval
In order to provide assurances that products included in the list have not changed and so continue to be suitable for contact with drinking water, all products are now subject to a re-approval process five years after the initial approval date.
3. Advice Sheets
Advice Sheet 1 gives an overview of the regulatory requirements and explains how to make an application for approval. Advice sheet 2 gives guidance on what will be required in your Instructions for Use document – it is very important that any IFU submitted to us conforms fully with these requirements, otherwise your applications may be delayed. Advice sheet 11 explains the re-approval process.
The remaining sheets provide information on the application requirements for certain product types.
Currently the following Advice Sheets are available:-
Version 6.0, April 2023
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Version 6.5, April 2021
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Version 5.8, June 2023
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Version 8.5, April 2023
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Version 2.4 March 2018
PDF, 245KB, 6 Pages
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Version 4.4 July 2020
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(including all associated fittings and ancilliaries)
MS Word Document, 286KB
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(including all sub-coats, e.g. primers and undercoats etc.)
MS Word Document, 294KB
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(to be used for other general products, e.g. treatment plant, tanks, reservoirs and factory applied coatings)
MS Word Document, 288KB
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(other than stainless steel)
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MS Word Document, 319KB
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for use in the treatment of water intended for human consumption (only for chemicals not currently covered by an appropriate BS EN standard)
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(for use with membrane treatment and distillation systems)
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for use in the treatment of water intended for human consumption (only for media not currently covered by an appropriate BS EN standard)
MS Word Document, 182KB
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(to be used for applications for on-site electrolytic generation of hypochlorite etc)
MS Word Document, 297KB
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(including those used for shuttering/formwork used in association with poured concrete structures)
MS Word Document, 247KB
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(Excel 58KB) (to be used for all changes to approved products)
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 57KB
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(Excel 67KB) (to be used for all products seeking reapproval)
XLSM, 70KB
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*Note: in order to complete the appropriate application form you may need to ask your supplier(s) to send confidential formulation information directly to us. Please click here for letters to use for this purpose.
