Division 5.1.1

United Kingdom

The treatment of non-ionic surface-active agents and formulated detergents prior to the determination of primary biodegradability in the confirmatory test is:

The purpose of the alcoholic extraction is to eliminate the insoluble and inorganic ingredients of the commercial product, which in some circumstances might upset the biodegradability test.

Products	Treatment
Non-ionic surfactants	None
Formulated detergents	Alcoholic extraction followed by separation of the non-ionic surfactants by ion exchange

Ion-exchange procedure

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 VIII

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)