{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1796/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1796/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1796",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1796 of 7 July 2016 amending Decisions 2011/263/EU, 2011/264/EU, 2012/720/EU and 2012/721/EU in order to take account of developments in the classification of substances (notified under document C(2016) 4131) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1796",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annex to Decision 2012/721/EU is amended as follows:\nFor the sake of clarity and legal certainty, it is appropriate to replace the entire table of derogations in Criterion 4, point (b), sixth paragraph, is replaced by the following table:\nThis derogation is applicable provided that surfactants comply with criterion 3(a) and they are anaerobically degradable.\nDerogation is only for criterion 4(b). Biocides shall comply with criterion 4(e).\nIncluding stabilisers and other auxiliary substances in the preparations.\nIn concentrations lower than 1,0 % in the raw material as long as the total concentration in the final product is lower than 0,10 %.’\n‘Subtilisin\nH400: Very toxic to aquatic life\nR50\nH411: Toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects\nR50-53\nSurfactants in total concentrations < 20 % in the final product\nH400: Very toxic to aquatic life\nR50\nSurfactants in total concentrations < 25 % in the final product\nH412: Harmful to aquatic life with long-lasting effects\nR52-53\nBiocides for preservations purposes\n(only for liquids with pH between 2 and 12 and maximum 0,10 % w/w of active material)\nH331: Toxic if inhaled\nR23\nH334: May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled\nR42\nH317: May cause allergic skin reaction\nR43\nH400: Very toxic to aquatic life\nR50\nEnzymes\nH400: Very toxic to aquatic life\nR50\nH334: May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled\nR42\nH317: May cause allergic skin reaction\nR43\nBleach catalysts\nH400: Very toxic to aquatic life\nR50\nNTA as an impurity in MGDA and GLDA\nH351: Suspected of causing cancer\nR40",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This derogation is applicable provided that surfactants comply with criterion 3(a) and they are anaerobically degradable."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Derogation is only for criterion 4(b). Biocides shall comply with criterion 4(e)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Including stabilisers and other auxiliary substances in the preparations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "In concentrations lower than 1,0 % in the raw material as long as the total concentration in the final product is lower than 0,10 %.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1796/annex/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:49.043581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}