{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702/annex/division-FRAMEWORK/division-1/division-4/division-2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702/annex/division-FRAMEWORK/division-1/division-4/division-2.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1702",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1702 of 8 November 2018 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for lubricants (notified under document C(2018) 7125) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702",
  "path": "annex/division/FRAMEWORK/division/1/division/4/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Requirement for the lubricant and its main components",
  "text": "The critical concentration for the aquatic toxicity for both the freshly prepared lubricant and for each main component shall not be lower than the values specified in Table 2.\nMain component means any substance accounting for more than 5 % by weight of the lubricant.\nTable 2\nAquatic toxicity values for both freshly prepared lubricant and for each main component\nALL\nPLL\nTLL\nAquatic toxicity for the freshly prepared lubricant\nCritical concentration for acute aquatic toxicity OR\n> 100 mg/l\n> 1 000 mg/l\n> 1 000 mg/l\nChronic aquatic toxicity\n> 10 mg/l\n> 100 mg/l\n> 100 mg/l\nAquatic toxicity for each main component\nCritical concentration for acute aquatic toxicity OR\n> 100 mg/l\nChronic aquatic toxicity\n> 10 mg/l\nAvailable acute aquatic toxicity test data for each main component shall be provided on each of the following two trophic levels:\ncrustacean (daphnia preferred),\naquatic plants (algae preferred).\nIn case acute aquatic toxicity test data is missing in one or both trophic levels, available test data on chronic aquatic toxicity for both the crustacean (daphnia preferred) and fish trophic level shall be accepted.\nQSARs could be used to fill data gaps for chronic toxicity or for acute toxicity in only one of the relevant trophic levels.\nIn case the aforementioned test data is not available for each main component, a test shall be performed to generate data for acute toxicity in the missing trophic level/s (i.e. crustacean and/or aquatic plants).\nAvailable acute aquatic toxicity test data for the lubricant shall be provided on each of the following three trophic levels:\ncrustacean (daphnia preferred),\naquatic plants (algae preferred),\nfish.\nIn case acute aquatic toxicity test data for the applied lubricant is missing for any of the mentioned trophic levels available test data on chronic aquatic toxicity shall be accepted for the missing trophic level/s.\nIn case the above data is not available for the applied lubricant, a test shall be performed to generate data on acute aquatic toxicity for the missing trophic level/s.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1702/annex/division/FRAMEWORK/division/1/division/4/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:57.064050+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."
}