The European Union authorisation is a new form of authorization which was recently introduced into the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), promulgated on 1st September, 2013. Based on the new article, this Union-level authorization will allow products to be sold in all EU countries at one same time. This will simplify the assessment of applications and reduce the cost and time required compared with the reporting route of obtaining national authorizations in multiple member states.