Division 4.1.3 Activated Sludge Simulation Biodegradability Tests

United Kingdom

The following tests referred below shall be included:

F1method of EU Regulation 440/2008, Annex, Part C, C.10. (biodegradation – activated sludge simulation tests).

Failure to pass the activated sludge simulation biodegradability test would indicate potential for the release of the metabolites by sewage treatment, which may be considered, in general terms, as evidence of need for a more complete risk assessment.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 4 point 4.1.3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 26(10); 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)