{"id":8804,"date":"2026-03-24T07:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynxee.consulting\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:34:19","slug":"europe-com-update-of-the-guidance-document-for-the-assessment-of-the-equivalence-of-microorganisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lynxee.consulting\/en\/europe-com-update-of-the-guidance-document-for-the-assessment-of-the-equivalence-of-microorganisms\/","title":{"rendered":"EUROPE &#8211; COM: Update of the Guidance Document for the Assessment of the Equivalence of Microorganisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Commission has published an update of guidance document <b>SANCO\/12823\/2012<\/b> for the assessment of the equivalence of &#8220;microbial pest control agent as manufactured\u201d, in the framework of Regulation (EC) No 1107\/2009. This 5th version applies to applications submitted from 11 March 2026 onwards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This new version does not introduce any significant technical change, but it complies with Regulation (EU) No 283\/2013, as updated by Regulation (EU) No 2022\/1439 of 31 August 2022, which sets out the information requirements for microbial active substances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A technical equivalence assessment is required in the context of a change in at least one of the following manufacturing aspects:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>location of manufacturing plant or addition of another location,<\/li>\n<li>scale up of fermentation vessel,<\/li>\n<li>change of manufacturing process, like change of production equipment or propagation conditions (e.g. temperature, ingredients or isolates in case of baculoviruses and bacteriophages).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Moreover, the technical equivalence assessment report template has been updated in the guidance document.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>To download:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/food.ec.europa.eu\/document\/download\/9d76eaa0-02b4-42fc-8dac-f6caa5615ab9_en?filename=pesticides_ppp_app-proc_guide_phys-chem-ana_equiv_micro-organisms_rev-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SANCO\/12823\/2012<\/a> (11\/03\/2026)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>See also our previous articles:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynxee.consulting\/en\/europe-new-rules-for-micro-organisms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUROPE: New rules for micro-organisms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Lynxee consulting<\/b>\u2019s team is at your disposal to answer your questions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact us!<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/lynxee.consulting\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/lynxee.consulting\/en\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Photo credit: baiyexing\/pixabay<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commission has published an update of guidance document SANCO\/12823\/2012 for the assessment of the equivalence of &#8220;microbial pest control agent as manufactured\u201d, in the framework<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[58,330,681],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation","tag-guidance-document","tag-microorganisms","tag-technical-equivalence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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