# Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1.1.1: Persistence

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

A substance fulfils the persistence criterion (P) in any of the following situations:
(a) the degradation half-life in marine water is higher than 60 days;
(b) the degradation half-life in fresh or estuarine water is higher than 40 days;
(c) the degradation half-life in marine sediment is higher than 180 days;
(d) the degradation half-life in fresh or estuarine water sediment is higher than 120 days;
(e) the degradation half-life in soil is higher than 120 days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/annex/XIII/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/annex-XIII/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.1
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