# Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (Text with EEA relevance), Article 6: Conditions for granting a derogation

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

1. Where the competent authority considers granting a derogation, it shall do so ... on the basis of the following criteria:
use in low-dispersive applications, rather than in wide-dispersive applications;
use in specific industrial and/or institutional applications only;
the risk to the environment or to health posed by the volume of sales and the pattern of use throughout Great Britain is small compared to the socio-economic benefits, including food safety and hygiene standards.
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4. The competent authority shall publish a list of surfactants that have been identified as not complying with this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/648/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/article-6
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