Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/866 of 24 February 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/866
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 18 August 2023.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, Annex I, Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds’, the fourth column is amended as follows:

(1)

in point 3, the second sentence is replaced by the following:

‘This exemption shall be reviewed and assessed by the Commission no later than 25 August 2023.’;

(2)

point 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.

For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply to concentrations of PFOA and its salts equal to or below 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) where they are present in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) micropowders produced by ionising irradiation or by thermal degradation as well as in mixtures and articles for industrial and professional uses containing PTFE micropowders until 18 August 2023. All emissions of PFOA during the manufacture and use of PTFE micropowders shall be avoided and, if not possible, reduced as far as possible. The limit of 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) shall apply only to manufacture, placing on the market and use of PFOA and its salts where they are present in PTFE micropowders that are transported or treated for the purpose to reduce the concentration of PFOA and its salts below the limit of 0,025 mg/kg (0,0000025 % by weight).’;

(3)

in point 5, subpoint (e) is deleted.