OpenLegislation

Division A The reference method for laboratory testing of surfactant ultimate biodegradability in this Regulation is based on the EN ISO standard 14593: 1999 (CO 2 headspace test).F1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Surfactants in detergents shall be considered as biodegradable if the level of biodegradability (mineralisation) measured according to one of the following testsf1 is at least 60 % within 28 days:

  1. 1..

    EN ISO Standard 14593: 1999 — Water quality — Evaluation of ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds in aqueous medium — Method by analysis of inorganic carbon in sealed vessels (CO 2 headspace test). Pre-adaptation is not to be used. The 10-day window principle is not applied (reference method).

  2. 2..

    F2Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (“EU Regulation 440/2008”), Annex, Part C: Methods for the determination of ecotoxicity, Part 4 (CO2 (carbon dioxide) evolution test (method C.4-C)).

  3. 3..

    F3EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C: Methods for the determination of ecotoxicity, Part 6 (closed bottle test (method C.4-E)).

  4. 4..

    F4EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C: Methods for the determination of ecotoxicity, Part 5 (manometric respirometry test (method C.4-D)).

  5. 5..

    F5EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C: Methods for the determination of ecotoxicity, Part 7 (M.I.T.I. test (method C.4-F)).

  6. 6..

    ISO 10708:1997 — Water quality — Evaluation in an aqueous medium of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand in a two-phase closed bottle test. Pre-adaptation is not to be used. The 10-day window principle is not applied.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 907/2006 of 20 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents, in order to adapt Annexes III and VII thereto (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Words in Annex 3 para. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 25(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Annex 3 para. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 25(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Annex 3 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 25(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in Annex 3 para. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 25(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

These tests are identified as the most suitable for surfactants.

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1336/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Deleted by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two.