L 125/4 Official Journal of the European Union 7.5.2013 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 414/2013 of 6 May 2013 specifying a procedure for the authorisation of same biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products ('), and in particular Article 17(7) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 specifies procedures for applying for and granting authorisation of biocidal products. (2)  Where applications are submitted to the same receiving competent authority or to the Agency for two or more authorisations of biocidal products with the same properties, the authorisations may be granted based on one single product evaluation and, as the case may be, comparative assessment. It is therefore appropriate to provide for an adapted authorisation procedure for such cases. (3)  The terms and conditions relating to the making available on the market and use of a biocidal product should be based on the evaluation made of the product. It is therefore appropriate to require that biocidal products authorised in accordance with this Regulation are authorised on the same terms and conditions as the evaluated biocidal products to which they refer, with the exception of the details on which the products differ. (4)  Since this Regulation specifies a procedure provided for by Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, which applies from 1 September 2013, this Regulation should also apply from that date. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation lays down the procedure applicable where an authorisation is sought for a product (the ‘same product) which () O] L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1. is identical to another biocidal product or product family which has been authorised or registered in accordance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (%) or Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, or for which an application for such registration or authorisation has been submitted (the ‘related reference product), with regards to all the latest information submitted in relation to the authorisation or regis- tration, except information which can be the subject of an administrative change in accordance with Commission Imple- menting Regulation (EU) No 3542013 of 18 April 2013 on changes of biocidal products authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Article 2 Content of applications By way of derogation from Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and the information requirements in Article 43(1) thereof, an application for authorisation of a same product shall contain the following information: (a) the authorisation number or, for not yet approved related reference products, the application number in the Register for Biocidal Products of the related reference product; (b) an indication of the proposed differences between the same product and the related reference product, and evidence that the products are identical on all other aspects; (c) where required by Article 59(1) of Regulation (EU) No 5282012, letters of access to all the data supporting the authorisation of the related reference product; (d) a draft summary of the biocidal product characteristics for the same product. Article 3 Submission and validation of applications for national authorisation 1. Where the related reference product has been authorised by national authorisation or is the subject of an application for such an authorisation, applications for authorisation of a same product shall be submitted in accordance with Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 to the competent authority that has granted or is requested to grant the national authorisation of the related reference product. () O] L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. () O] L 109, 19.4.2013, p. 4.