Division 2.2 Requirement for each intentionally added or formed substances at or above 0,10 % weight by weight in the final product
United Kingdom
Substances exhibiting a certain degree of aquatic toxicity are allowed up to a cumulative mass concentration indicated in Table 3.
Table 3
Cumulative mass percentage (% w/w) limits for substances present in the product with respect to their aquatic toxicity
| M-factors for highly toxic components of mixtures shall be applied in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as described in Section 4.1.3.5.5.5 of Annex I to that Regulation. | |||
| Cumulative mass percentage (% weight by weight in the final product) | |||
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| ALL | PLL | TLL | |
| Acute aquatic toxicity > 100 mg/l orChronic aquatic toxicity > 10 mg/l | Not limited | ||
| Acute aquatic toxicity > 10 to ≤ 100 mg/l or1 mg/l < Chronic aquatic toxicity ≤ 10 mg/l | ≤ 10 (≤ 20 for ALL greases) | ≤ 10 (≤ 15 for PLL greases) | ≤ 2 (≤ 10 for TLL greases) |
| Acute aquatic toxicity > 1 to ≤ 10 mg/l or0,1 mg/l < Chronic aquatic toxicity ≤ 1 mg/l | ≤ 2,5 (≤ 1 for ALL greases) | ≤ 0,6 | ≤ 0,4 |
| Acute aquatic toxicity≤ 1 mg/l orChronic aquatic toxicity ≤ 0,1 mg/l | ≤ 0,1/Mf1 | ≤ 0,1/M | ≤ 0,1/M |
Available chronic aquatic toxicity test data for each substance (each intentionally added or formed substances at or above 0,10 % weight by weight in the final product) shall be provided for each of the following two trophic levels:
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crustacean (daphnia preferred), and
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fish
In case chronic aquatic toxicity test data is missing in one or both trophic levels, available data on acute aquatic toxicity for both trophic levels, crustacean (daphnia preferred) and aquatic plants (algae preferred) shall be accepted.
QSARs could be used to fill data gaps for chronic toxicity or for acute toxicity in only one of the relevant trophic levels.
In case the above data is not available for each substance, a test shall be performed to generate data for acute toxicity in the missing trophic level/s (i.e. crustacean and/or aquatic plants).
Annotations
Footnotes
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M-factors for highly toxic components of mixtures shall be applied in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as described in Section 4.1.3.5.5.5 of Annex I to that Regulation.