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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1399 of 5 May 2025 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1399 · Regulation · 3 articles

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

Article 2

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

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ANNEX 1. In Annex I, Part A, to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, in the table, entry ‘Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds’, first column, point (v), ‘perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) as listed in this Annex’ is replaced by ‘perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and PFOS-related compounds as listed in this Annex’. 2. In Annex I, Part A, to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, in the table, 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 deleted; (2) the following points 4a and 4b are inserted: ‘4a. For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply to concentrations of PFOA or any of its salts equal to or below 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) and to concentrations of any individual PFOA-related compound or combination of PFOA-related compounds equal to or below 10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) where they are present in fire-fighting foam for liquid fuel vapour suppression and liquid fuel fire (Class B fires) already installed in systems. This limit value shall apply until 3 August 2028. 4b. For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply to the sum of the concentration of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds equal to or below 10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) where they are present in fluorine-free fire-fighting foam and originate from fire-fighting equipment which has undergone cleaning in accordance with the best available techniques.’; (3) in point 6, the date ‘4 July 2025’ is replaced by ‘3 December 2025’; (4) at the end of point 6, the following sentence is added: ‘ “firefighting foam” means any mixture to fight fires with foam and includes but is not limited to firefighting foam concentrates and firefighting foam solutions to produce the foam.’; (5) in point 10, the second sentence is deleted; (6) the following point 11 is added: ‘11. Articles containing PFOA, its salts or PFOA-related compounds already in use in the Union before or on the date of expiry of the relevant exemption laid down in points 5(a) to (d) may continue to be used.’.

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