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update:2015-01-12 NO.: DOC150103-01

EU Amended Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation

On 17 December 2014, EU published the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1342/2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annexes IV and V. This Amendment shall apply from 18 June 2015.

Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 is amended as follows:
— Set the concentration limit of PBBs and PFOS;　
— Add the substances of hexachlorobutadiene, polychlorinated naphthalenes, short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs), and endosulfan to Annex of the POPs regulation and list the limit.

Substances	Maximum concentration limits
Tetrabromodiphenyl ether	Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether: 1 000 mg/kg
Pentabromodiphenyl ether
Hexabromodiphenyl ether
Heptabromodiphenyl ether
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS)	50 mg/kg
Endosulfan	50 mg/kg
Hexachlorobutadiene	100 mg/kg
Polychlorinated naphthalenes	10 mg/kg
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs)	10000 mg/kg

Detail information, please refer:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R1342&from=EN

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