Division 4.1.2 Inherent Biodegradability Tests

United Kingdom

At least one of the tests referred to below shall be included:

F1method of EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C, C.12. (biodegradation – modified SCAS test).
F2method of EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C, C.9. (biodegradation – Zahn-Wellens test).

Failure to pass the inherent biodegradability test would indicate potential for persistency which may be considered, in general terms, as sufficient to prohibit the placing on the market of such a surfactant except in cases where the criteria set out in Article 6 indicate that there is no justification for refusing a derogation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 4 point 4.1.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Annex 4 point 4.1.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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.

Notes on Annex IV

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Annex 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Words in Annex 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)