Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/718 of 14 April 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/718
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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 .

Point 2 and point 3 of the Annex shall apply from 3 December 2025.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, Part A, in the table, the entry ‘Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS)’ is amended as follows:

(1)

in the first column, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and PFOS-related compounds

C 8 F 17 SO 2 X

(X = OH, Metal salt (O-M + ), halide, amide, and other related compounds including polymers)’;

(2)

in the fourth column, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.

For the purposes of this entry, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to concentrations of PFOS or any of its salts equal to or below 0,025 mg/kg (0,0000025 % by weight) where they are present in substances, mixtures or in articles’;

(3)

in the fourth column, point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.

For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply to the sum of concentrations of all PFOS-related compounds equal to or below 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) where they are present in substances, mixtures or articles.’;

(4)

in the fourth column, point 4 is deleted;

(5)

in the fourth column, point 5 is deleted.