Ten years ago, nobody imagined the BPR would become what it is today. A monster? No. An ultra-structuring regulation, yes.

At the time, everyone thought a European regulation would harmonize the sector.

The Reality

In practice:

Requirements have exploded
Procedures stretch over years
Regulatory teams are drowning in documents... even digitalized ones

Yes, digitalized. Because let's be honest: Digitalization hasn't simplified the BPR. It has simply made the complexity impossible to hide.

A System Under Permanent Tension

When you take:

A regulation designed to be exhaustive, traceable, auditable
And run it with processes inherited from the PDF-by-email era

You get a system under permanent tension. And that's often when everyone looks for someone to blame. The BPR becomes the ideal target.

Let's Be Clear

The problem is not the regulation.

The problem is organizations that continue to manage the BPR with methods from another era.

The BPR has evolved
Requirements have evolved
Data volumes have exploded

But internal processes have too often remained frozen in the Directive era.

The Real Question

So let's ask the real question—the uncomfortable one:

Is digitalization the problem... or is it the only way out?

Every week, we observe regulatory teams on the verge of saturation. Not due to lack of competence. But because they must manage a modern regulation with tools that are not.

Let's Be Realistic

The BPR will not become simple again
Complexity will not recede
Requirements will continue to increase

The only variable now is: continue to suffer, or decide to evolve.

Because one thing is certain: the BPR can no longer be sustainably managed with tools designed to handle files—not regulations, data, and interdependencies.

Our Conviction at AIRCompEX

At AIRCompEX, we are convinced of one thing: the issue is not adding yet another layer of digitalization, but rethinking how the BPR is actually managed on a daily basis.

Over to You

Is the biocide sector ready for digitalization designed for the BPR—or is it still waiting for the next crisis to act?