# 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), Division: CRITERION 3 — BIODEGRADABILITY AND BIOACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.
The 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.
Table 4
Cumulative mass percentage (%w/w) limits for substances present in the product with respect to their biodegradability and bio-accumulation potential
ALL
PLL
TLL
Greases(ALL,PLL,TLL)
Readily aerobically biodegradable
> 90
> 75
> 95
> 80
Inherently aerobically biodegradable
≤ 10
≤ 25
≤ 5
≤ 20
Non-biodegradable and non-bioaccumulative
≤ 5
≤ 20
≤ 5
≤ 15
Non-biodegradable and bioaccumulative
≤ 0,1
≤ 0,1
≤ 0,1
≤ 0,1

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1702/annex/division/FRAMEWORK/division/1/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1702/annex/division-FRAMEWORK/division-1/division-5
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