EU Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 POPs are an abbreviation for Persistent Organic Pollutants. They are a class of naturally occurring or synthetic organic pollutants that are persistent, bioaccumulative, semi-volatile, and highly toxic, capable of long-distance migration through various environmental media (atmosphere, water, organisms, etc.) and pose serious threats to human health and the environment. In November 2004, the EU ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). EU Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 came into effect on May 20, 2004, prohibiting the intentional production, sale, and use of substances listed in the Convention. On June 25, 2019, the European Commission published the new Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), replacing the previous Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. The new POPs Regulation came into effect on July 15, 2019, and the old regulation was repealed. The EU Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is divided into five parts: Annex I: List of Prohibited Substances Annex II: List of Restricted Substances Annex III: List of Substances for Emission Reduction Annex IV: List of Substances Subject to Waste Management under Article 7 Annex V: Waste Management 01 Objectives of the EU POPs Regulation: To prohibit or strictly restrict the production, placement on the market and use of persistent organic pollutants; To minimize environmental emissions from persistent organic pollutants formed as industrial byproducts; To ensure that the storage of restricted persistent organic pollutants is subject to... Safety Management; Ensure that waste containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is treated to be environmentally safe. 02 Scope and Obligations of EU POPs Regulation Substances, mixtures, and articles placed on the EU market are subject to the POPs Regulation. The control requirements differ for substances listed in different annexes, as detailed in the table below: Image Currently, the 32 officially controlled substances are: tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether, decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD), hexabromobiphenyl, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated naphthalenes. Dildrin, isodrin, indene heptachlor, endosulfan, decachlorophen, aldrin, methylphenidate, chlorfenapyr, trichlorfon, DDT, chlordane, hexachlorocyclohexane (including lindane), pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, hexachlorobenzene HCB, all related compounds of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctane sulfonate or any salt thereof (PFOS), perfluorooctane-related substances (PFOA), perfluorooctane and its salts (PFOA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) and its salts, perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) and related compounds, hexachlorobutadiene, pentachlorobenzene, methoxyDDDT, 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-di-tert-pentylphenol (UV-328), declofenac

 EU Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation (EU) 2019/1021



POPs are an abbreviation for Persistent Organic Pollutants. They are a class of naturally occurring or synthetic organic pollutants that are persistent, bioaccumulative, semi-volatile, and highly toxic, capable of long-distance migration through various environmental media (atmosphere, water, organisms, etc.) and pose serious threats to human health and the environment.


In November 2004, the EU ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). EU Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 came into effect on May 20, 2004, prohibiting the intentional production, sale, and use of substances listed in the Convention. On June 25, 2019, the European Commission published the new Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), replacing the previous Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. The new POPs Regulation came into effect on July 15, 2019, and the old regulation was repealed.


The EU Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is divided into five parts:


Annex I: List of Prohibited Substances


Annex II: List of Restricted Substances


Annex III: List of Substances for Emission Reduction


Annex IV: List of Substances Subject to Waste Management under Article 7


Annex V: Waste Management


01


Objectives of the EU POPs Regulation:


To prohibit or strictly restrict the production, placement on the market and use of persistent organic pollutants;


To minimize environmental emissions from persistent organic pollutants formed as industrial byproducts;


To ensure that the storage of restricted persistent organic pollutants is subject to... Safety Management;


Ensure that waste containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is treated to be environmentally safe.


02


Scope and Obligations of EU POPs Regulation


Substances, mixtures, and articles placed on the EU market are subject to the POPs Regulation. The control requirements differ for substances listed in different annexes, as detailed in the table below:


Image


Currently, the 32 officially controlled substances are: tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether, decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD), hexabromobiphenyl, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated naphthalenes. Dildrin, isodrin, indene heptachlor, endosulfan, decachlorophen, aldrin, methylphenidate, chlorfenapyr, trichlorfon, DDT, chlordane, hexachlorocyclohexane (including lindane), pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, hexachlorobenzene HCB, all related compounds of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctane sulfonate or any salt thereof (PFOS), perfluorooctane-related substances (PFOA), perfluorooctane and its salts (PFOA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) and its salts, perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) and related compounds, hexachlorobutadiene, pentachlorobenzene, methoxyDDDT, 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-di-tert-pentylphenol (UV-328), declofenac

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