{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1021",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "List of substances subject to waste management provisions set out in Article 7",
  "text": "Polychlorinated naphthalenes means chemical compounds based on the naphthalene ring system, where one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms.\nThe limit is calculated as PCDD and PCDF according to the following toxic equivalency factors (TEFs):\nPCDD\nTEF\nPCDF\nTEF\nPCDD\nTEF\n2,3,7,8-TeCDD\n1\n2,3,7,8-TeCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD\n1\n1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF\n0,03\n1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD\n0,1\n2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF\n0,3\n2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF\n0,01\n1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF\n0,01\n1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD\n0,01\nOCDF\n0,0003\nOCDD\n0,0003\nThe calculation method laid down in European standards EN 12766-1 and EN 12766-2 shall apply.\n‘Hexabromocyclododecane’ means hexabromocyclododecane, 1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane and its main diastereoisomers: alpha-hexabromocyclododecane, beta-hexabromocyclododecane and gamma-hexabromocyclododecane.\nSubstance\nCAS No\nEC No\nConcentration limit referred to in Article 7(4)(a)\nEndosulfan\n115-29-7\n959-98-8\n33213-65-9\n204-079-4\n50 mg/kg\nHexachlorobutadiene\n87-68-3\n201-765-5\n100 mg/kg\nPolychlorinated naphthalenes\n10 mg/kg\nAlkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs)\n85535-84-8\n287-476-5\n10 000 mg/kg\nTetrabromodiphenyl ether C12H6Br4O\n40088-47-9 and others\n254-787-2 and others\nSum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether: 500 mg/kg.\n...\nPentabromodiphenyl ether C12H5Br5O\n32534-81-9 and others\n251-084-2 and others\nHexabromodiphenyl ether C12H4Br6O\n36483-60-0 and others\n253-058-6 and others\nHeptabromodiphenyl ether C12H3Br7O\n68928-80-3 and others\n273-031-2 and others\nDecabromodiphenyl ether C12Br10O\n1163-19-5 and others\n214-604-9 and others\nPerfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) C8F17SO2X\n(X = OH, Metal salt (O-M+), halide, amide, and other derivatives including polymers)\n1763-23-1\n2795-39-3\n29457-72-5\n29081-56-9\n70225-14-8\n56773-42-3\n251099-16-8\n4151-50-2\n31506-32-8\n1691-99-2\n24448-09-7\n307-35-7 and others\n217-179-8\n220-527-1\n249-644-6\n249-415-0\n274-460-8\n260-375-3\n223-980-3\n250-665-8\n216-887-4\n246-262-1\n206-200-6 and others\n50 mg/kg\nPolychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF)\n15 μg/kg\nDDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl)ethane)\n50-29-3\n200-024-3\n50 mg/kg\nChlordane\n57-74-9\n200-349-0\n50 mg/kg\nHexachlorocyclohexanes, including lindane\n58-89-9\n319-84-6\n319-85-7\n608-73-1\n210-168-9\n200-401-2\n206-270-8\n206-271-3\n50 mg/kg\nDieldrin\n60-57-1\n200-484-5\n50 mg/kg\nEndrin\n72-20-8\n200-775-7\n50 mg/kg\nHeptachlor\n76-44-8\n200-962-3\n50 mg/kg\nHexachlorobenzene\n118-74-1\n204-273-9\n50 mg/kg\nChlordecone\n143-50-0\n205-601-3\n50 mg/kg\nAldrin\n309-00-2\n206-215-8\n50 mg/kg\nPentachlorobenzene\n608-93-5\n210-172-0\n50 mg/kg\nPolychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)\n1336-36-3 and others\n215-648-1\n50 mg/kg\nMirex\n2385-85-5\n219-196-6\n50 mg/kg\nToxaphene\n8001-35-2\n232-283-3\n50 mg/kg\nHexabromobiphenyl\n36355-01-8\n252-994-2\n50 mg/kg\nHexabromocyclododecane\n25637-99-4,\n3194-55-6,\n134237-50-6,\n134237-51-7,\n134237-52-8\n247-148-4\n221-695-9\n1 000 mg/kg...\nPentachlorophenol and its salts and esters\n87-86-5 and others\n201-778-6 and others\nSum of the concentrations of pentachlorophenol, its salts, and its esters: 100 mg/kg\nPerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1)\n335-67-1 and others\n06-397-9 and others\n1. Except in fire-fighting foam mixtures—\n(a) sum of the concentrations of PFOA and its salts: 1 mg/kg;\n(b) sum of the concentrations of PFOA-related compounds: 40 mg/kg.\n2. In fire-fighting foam mixtures—\n(a) sum of the concentrations of PFOA and its salts: 0.025 mg/kg;\n(b) sum of the concentrations of PFOA-related compounds: 1 mg/kg.\nDicofol\n115-32-2\n204-082-0\n50 mg/kg\nPerfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1)\n355-46-4 and others\n206-587-1 and others\nSum of the concentrations of PFHxS and its salts: 1 mg/kg;\nSum of the concentrations of PFHxS-related compounds: 40 mg/kg.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 substituted (1.4.2025) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/296), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/296), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 27(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 inserted (1.4.2025) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/296), regs. 1(1), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Polychlorinated naphthalenes means chemical compounds based on the naphthalene ring system, where one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The limit is calculated as PCDD and PCDF according to the following toxic equivalency factors (TEFs):PCDDTEFPCDFTEFPCDDTEF2,3,7,8-TeCDD12,3,7,8-TeCDF0,11,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF0,11,2,3,7,8-PeCDD11,2,3,7,8-PeCDF0,031,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF0,11,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD0,12,3,4,7,8-PeCDF0,32,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF0,11,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD0,11,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF0,11,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF0,011,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD0,11,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF0,011,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD0,01OCDF0,0003OCDD0,0003"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The calculation method laid down in European standards EN 12766-1 and EN 12766-2 shall apply."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "‘Hexabromocyclododecane’ means hexabromocyclododecane, 1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane and its main diastereoisomers: alpha-hexabromocyclododecane, beta-hexabromocyclododecane and gamma-hexabromocyclododecane."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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