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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1482 of 24 July 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the persistent organic pollutants tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1482 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

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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 Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 is amended as follows: (1) in Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Tetrabromodiphenyl ether C 12 H 6 Br 4 O’, point 2 in the fourth column is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the following sum of the concentrations of those substances: (a) 10 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation where they are present in mixtures or articles, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) ; (b) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 200 mg/kg as of 30 December 2027 where they are present in mixtures or articles containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (c) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 10 mg/kg as of 17 May 2027, where they are present in toys subject to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) , or in any product facilitating children’s seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection, containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004. ( *1 ) Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC ( OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/1935/oj )." ( *2 ) Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys ( OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/48/oj ).’;" (2) in Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Pentabromodiphenyl ether C 12 H 5 Br 5 O’, point 2 in the fourth column is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the following sum of the concentrations of those substances: (a) 10 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation where they are present in mixtures or articles, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (b) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 200 mg/kg as of 30 December 2027 where they are present in mixtures or articles containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (c) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 10 mg/kg as of 17 May 2027, where they are present in toys subject to Directive 2009/48/EC, or in any product facilitating children’s seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection, containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.’; (3) in Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Hexabromodiphenyl ether C 12 H 4 Br 6 O’, point 2 in the fourth column is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the following sum of the concentrations of those substances: (a) 10 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation where they are present in mixtures or articles, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (b) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 200 mg/kg as of 30 December 2027 where they are present in mixtures or articles containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (c) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 10 mg/kg as of 17 May 2027, where they are present in toys subject to Directive 2009/48/EC, or in any product facilitating children’s seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection, containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.’; (4) in Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Heptabromodiphenyl ether C 12 H 3 Br 7 O’, point 2 in the fourth column is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the following sum of the concentrations of those substances: (a) 10 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation where they are present in mixtures or articles, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (b) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 200 mg/kg as of 30 December 2027 where they are present in mixtures or articles containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (c) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 10 mg/kg as of 17 May 2027, where they are present in toys subject to Directive 2009/48/EC, or in any product facilitating children’s seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection, containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.’; (5) in Part A, in the table, in the entry ‘Bis(pentabromophenyl) ether (decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE)’, point 2 in the fourth column is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the following sum of the concentrations of those substances: (a) 10 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation where they are present in mixtures or articles, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (b) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 200 mg/kg as of 30 December 2027 where they are present in mixtures or articles containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (c) by way of derogation from point (a), 500 mg/kg upon entry into force of this Regulation, 350 mg/kg as of 30 December 2025 and 10 mg/kg as of 17 May 2027 where they are present in toys subject to Directive 2009/48/EC, or in any product facilitating children’s seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection, containing or made of recovered material containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or decaBDE, except for food contact materials subject to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.’. ( *1 ) Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC ( OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/1935/oj ). ( *2 ) Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys ( OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/48/oj ).’;’

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