Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community Ecolabel for textile floor coverings (notified under document C(2009) 9523) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/967/EC) (c. 967)

ANNEX U.K.

TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS CRITERIA U.K.

2. PRODUCTION OF ALL MATERIALS U.K.

Plasticizers U.K.

2.2. Dyes and pigments U.K.

Azo dyes U.K.

Azo dyes shall not be used that may cleave to any one of the following aromatic amines:

• 4-aminodiphenyl (92-67-1)

• Benzidine (92-87-5)

• 4-chloro-o-toluidine (95-69-2)

• 2-naphthylamine (91-59-8)

• o-amino-azotoluene (97-56-3)

• 2-amino-4-nitrotoluene (99-55-8)

• p-chloroaniline (106-47-8)

• 2,4-diaminoanisol (615-05-4)

• 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane (101-77-9)

• 3,3′-dichlorobenzidine (91-94-1)

• 3,3′-dimethoxybenzidine (119-90-4)

• 3,3′-dimethylbenzidine (119-93-7)

• 3,3′-dimethyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane (838-88-0)

• p-cresidine (120-71-8)

• 4,4′-oxydianiline (101-80-4)

• 4,4′-thiodianiline (139-65-1)

• o-toluidine (95-53-4)

• 2,4-diaminotoluene (95-80-7)

• 2,4,5-trimethylaniline (137-17-7)

• 4-aminoazobenzene (60-09-3)

• o-anisidine (90-04-0)

• 2,4-Xylidine

• 2,6-Xylidine

Assessment and verification: The applicant shall provide a declaration of non-use of these dyes. Should this declaration be subject to verification the following standard shall be used = EN 14362-1 and 2. (Note: false positives may be possible with respect to the presence of 4-aminoazobenzene, and confirmation is therefore recommended).