# Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/26 of 13 January 2016 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards nonylphenol ethoxylates (Text with EEA relevance), Annex

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

In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the following new entry 46a is added:
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46a.
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE)
(C2H4O)nC15H24O
1.
Shall not be placed on the market after 3 February 2021 in textile articles which can reasonably be expected to be washed in water during their normal lifecycle, in concentrations equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of that textile article or of each part of the textile article.
2.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the placing on the market of second-hand textile articles or of new textile articles produced, without the use of NPE, exclusively from recycled textiles.
3.
For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, “textile article” means any unfinished, semi-finished or finished product which is composed of at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, or any other product that contains a part which is composed of at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, including products such as clothing, accessories, interior textiles, fibres, yarn, fabrics and knitted panels.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/26/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-26/annex
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