The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023

Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

2.—(1) Part A of Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention) is amended as follows.

(2) At the end, insert as a new row—

“Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds. ‘Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds’ means the following: (i) perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), including branched isomers; (ii) its salts; (iii) any substance that contains the chemical moiety C6F13SO2- as one of its structural elements and that potentially degrades to PFHxS.

355-46-4 and others

206-587-1 and others

For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1)(b) applies in each of the following cases: (a) where the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS and any of its salts present in a substance, mixture or article is equal to or below 0.025 mg/kg (0.0000025% by weight); (b) where the sum of the concentrations of any PFHxS-related compounds present in a substance, mixture or article is equal to or below 1 mg/kg (0.0001% by weight); (c) where the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS, any of its salts, and any PFHxS-related compounds present in concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures that are to be used or are used in the production of other fire-fighting foam mixtures is equal to or below 0.1 mg/kg (0.00001% by weight).”