Information Express | EU has confirmed to add PFHxS substances to POPs regulations

On May 30, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted the proposal to amend Annex I of Regulation (EU)2019/1021, and confirmed that PFHxS and its salts and related compounds were included in the list of substances prohibited by POPs regulations. It is expected that this control requirement will be officially published in the official gazette soon. At this point, the list of prohibited substances in Annex I of EU POPs regulations will also be increased from 28 to 29.

The draft proposes to add the following items to Part A of Annex I of the EU POPs Regulation

About POPs regulations

POPs laws and regulations are formulated to fulfill ITU's commitments under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the 1979 Protocol to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants. POPs is the abbreviation of Persistent Organic Pollutants, and its Chinese name is "Persistent Organic Pollutants", which means that it is highly toxic, difficult to degrade in the environment, bioaccumulable, and can be transported across borders through air, water and migratory species for a long distance and deposited in areas far away from other discharge sites, and can be accumulated in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Up to now, EU POPs regulations have listed 28 prohibited and restricted substances, including 13 pesticides and many industrial chemicals.

Warm tips

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