{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702/annex/division-FRAMEWORK/division-1/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702/annex/division-FRAMEWORK/division-1/division-5.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/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "CRITERION 3 — BIODEGRADABILITY AND BIOACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL",
  "text": "Requirements for the biodegradability of organic compounds and bioaccumulative potential shall be fulfilled by each intentionally added or formed substance at or above the concentration of 0,10 % weight by weight in the final product.\nThe lubricant shall not contain substances that are both non-biodegradable and (potentially) bioaccumulative. However, the lubricant may contain one or more substances with a certain degree of degradability and potential or actual bioaccumulation up to a cumulative mass concentration as indicated in Table 4.\nTable 4\nCumulative mass percentage (%w/w) limits for substances present in the product with respect to their biodegradability and bio-accumulation potential\nALL\nPLL\nTLL\nGreases(ALL,PLL,TLL)\nReadily aerobically biodegradable\n> 90\n> 75\n> 95\n> 80\nInherently aerobically biodegradable\n≤ 10\n≤ 25\n≤ 5\n≤ 20\nNon-biodegradable and non-bioaccumulative\n≤ 5\n≤ 20\n≤ 5\n≤ 15\nNon-biodegradable and bioaccumulative\n≤ 0,1\n≤ 0,1\n≤ 0,1\n≤ 0,1",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}