Advice and approval

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:-

Overview of the application process (Advice Sheet 1)

Version 8 , May 2023

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Instructions for use (IFU) document (Advice Sheet 2)

Version 6.0, April 2023

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Treatment Chemicals, Filter Media & Ion Exchange Resins (Advice sheet 3)

Version 6.5, April 2021

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Changes to approved products (Advice Sheet 4)

Version 5.8, June 2023

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Approval of products made from recognised materials & from metals (Advice Sheet 5)

Version 8.5, April 2023

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Approval of membrane filtration systems & associated equipment (Advice Sheet 6)

Version 2.4 March 2018

PDF, 245KB, 6 Pages

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