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Substance Regulatory Obligations

OBL

methyl 5-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoate; bifenox

EC number: 255-894-7

CAS number: 42576-02-3

Last updated: 20/12/2022
ECHA Legislation Regulatory Obligations

Regulatory obligations may exist for this substance under the legislations under ECHA’s remit or for which ECHA has delegated tasks (i.e. REACH, CLP, BPR, PIC, CAD / CMD, WFD, and POPs). Please check the substance Infocard.

Industrial Emissions Directive

IPPC - Industrial Emissions Directive, Annex II - Polluting Substances

This list contains the polluting substances for which emission limit values are assigned under Directive 2010/75/EU on Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control - IPPC). Member States must permit all qualifying facilities in order to ensure that they minimize impact on the environment. The permit issued must provide emission limit values for pollutants on this list.

Name CAS Air Water Annex X of Dir 2000/60/EC
Bifenox
42576-02-3
yes
yes
Pesticide Residues Regulation

Annexes II, III, IV, VII - Defined & Temporary Maximum Residue Levels

This list contains the maximum residue level (MRLs) entries as listed in the following annexes of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC: (1) Annex II: Maximum Residue Levels; (2) Annex III: Temporary MRLs; (3) Annex IV: Active Substances for Which No MRLs Are Required; and (4) Annex VII: Active Substance/Product Combinations.

Name CAS Annex No. Product Name Category CodeNumber Category Group/SubGroup CodeNumber Group/SubGroup MRL  
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Cinnamon
Other bark spices
0800000
Spices
0830000
Bark spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Chamomile
flowers
Ginseng (Siberian ginseng)
Herbal infusions from parts of the plant not explicitly defined
Hibiscus/roselle
Jasmine
leaves and herbs
Lime/linden
Mate/maté
Other Herbal infusions from flowers
Other Herbal infusions from leaves and herbs
Other Herbal infusions from roots
Rooibos
roots
Rose
Strawberry
Valerian
0600000
Teas, Coffee, Herbal Infusions, Cocoa and Carobs
0630000
Herbal infusions from
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Azaroles/Mediterranean medlars
Blackberries
Blueberries
cane fruits
Cranberries
Currants (black, red and white)
Dewberries
Elderberries
Gooseberries (green, red and yellow)
grapes
Mulberries (black and white)
Other cane fruits
other small fruits and berries
Raspberries (red and yellow)
Rose hips
strawberries
Table grapes
Wine grapes
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0150000
Berries and small fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Garlic (Twistedleaf garlic)
Onions
Other bulb vegetables
Shallots
Spring onions/green onions and Welsh onions
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0220000
Bulb vegetables
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Borage seeds
Castor beans
Cotton seeds
Gold of pleasure seeds
Hemp seeds
Kapok
Linseeds
Mustard seeds
Oil fruits
Oil palms fruits
Oil palms kernels
Oilseeds
Olives for oil production
Other oil fruits
Other oilseeds
Peanuts/groundnuts
Poppy seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Rapeseeds/canola seeds
Safflower seeds
Sesame seeds
Soyabeans
Sunflower seeds
0400000
Oilseeds and oil fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Capers
Cloves
Other bud spices
0800000
Spices
0850000
Bud spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Almonds
Brazil nuts
Cashew nuts
Chestnuts
Coconuts
Hazelnuts/cobnuts
Macadamias
Other tree nuts
Pecans
Pine nut kernels
Pistachios
Walnuts
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0120000
Tree nuts
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
herbs and edible flowers
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0250000
Leaf vegetables, herbs and edible flowers
0.02 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Ginger
Liquorice
Other root and rhizome spices
Turmeric/curcuma
0800000
Spices
0840000
Root and rhizome spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Allspice/pimento
Caraway (Ajowan)
Cardamom (Marjoram, Star anise)
Juniper berry
Other fruit spices
Peppercorn
Sichuan pepper
Tamarind
Vanilla
0800000
Spices
0820000
Fruit spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
American persimmons/Virginia kaki
Avocados
Bananas
Breadfruits
Carambolas
Cherimoyas
Dates
Durians
edible peel
Figs
Granate apples/pomegranates
Guavas
inedible peel, large
inedible peel, small
Jambuls/jambolans
Kaki/Japanese persimmons
Kiwi fruits (green, red, yellow)
Kumquats
Litchis/lychees
Mangoes
Other edible peel
Other inedible peel, large
Other inedible peel, small
Papayas
Passionfruits/maracujas
Pineapples
Prickly pears/cactus fruits
Soursops/guanabanas
Star apples/cainitos
Table olives
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0160000
Miscellaneous fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflowers
Chinese cabbages/pe-tsai
flowering brassica
head brassica
Head cabbages
Kales
kohlrabies
leafy brassica
Other flowering brassica
Other head brassica
Other leafy brassica
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0240000
Brassica vegetables (excluding brassica roots and brassica baby leaf crops)
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Horseradish
0800000
Spices
0840000
Root and rhizome spices
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Apricots
Cherries (sweet)
Other stone fruits
Peaches
Plums
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0140000
Stone fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
bovine
Edible offals (other than liver and kidney)
equine
Fat
Goat
Kidney
Liver
Muscle
Other commodities from bovine
Other commodities from equine
Other commodities from goat
Other commodities from other farmed terrestrial animals
Other commodities from poultry
Other commodities from sheep
Other commodities from swine
other farmed terrestrial animals
poultry
Sheep (Mouflon (farmed))
swine (Wild boar (farmed))
1000000
Products of animal origin - Terrestrial animals
1010000
Commodities
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Baby leaf crops (including brassica species)
Basil and edible flowers
Celery leaves
Chards/beet leaves
Chervil
Chives
Cresses and other sprouts and shoots
Escaroles/broad-leaved endives
grape leaves and similar species
Lamb's lettuces/corn salads
Land cresses
Laurel/bay leaves
Lettuces
lettuces and salad plants
Other herbs and edible flowers
Other lettuces and salad plants
Other spinaches and similar leaves
Parsley (Root parsley leaves)
Purslanes
Red mustards
Roman rocket/rucola (Wall rocket)
Rosemary
Sage
Spinaches
spinaches and similar leaves
Tarragon
Thyme
watercresses
witloofs/Belgian endives
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0250000
Leaf vegetables, herbs and edible flowers
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Beans (with pods)
Beans (without pods)
Lentils
Other legume vegetables
Peas (with pods)
Peas (without pods)
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0260000
Legume vegetables
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Chicken
Duck
Geese
Other birds eggs
Quail
1000000
Products of animal origin - Terrestrial animals
1030000
Birds eggs
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Barley
Oat
Rye
Wheat
0500000
Cereals
0.02 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Asparagus (Hop sprouts)
Bamboo shoots
Cardoons (Borage stems)
Celeries
Florence fennels
Globe artichokes
Leeks
Other stem vegetables
Palm hearts
Rhubarbs
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0270000
Stem vegetables
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Other flower pistil spices
Saffron
0800000
Spices
0860000
Flower pistil spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Anise/aniseed
Black caraway/black cumin (Nigella)
Celery (Angelica, Lovage)
Coriander
Cumin
Dill
Fennel
Fenugreek
Nutmeg
Other seed spices
0800000
Spices
0810000
Seed spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Cultivated fungi
Mosses and lichens
Wild fungi
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0280000
Fungi, mosses and lichens
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Arrowroots
Beetroots
Carrots
Cassava roots/manioc
Celeriacs/turnip rooted celeries
Horseradishes
Jerusalem artichokes
Other root and tuber vegetables except sugar beets
Other tropical root and tuber vegetables
Parsley roots/Hamburg roots parsley
Parsnips
potatoes (Andigena)
Radishes
Salsifies
Swedes/rutabagas
Sweet potatoes
tropical root and tuber vegetables
Turnips )
Yams
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0210000
Root and tuber vegetables
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Apples
Loquats/Japanese medlars
Medlars
Other pome fruits
Pears
Quinces
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0130000
Pome fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Aubergines/eggplants
Courgettes
Cucumbers
cucurbits with edible peel
cucurbits with inedible peel
Gherkins (Bur gherkins)
Melons
Okra/lady's fingers
Other cucurbits with edible peel
Other cucurbits with inedible peel
other fruiting vegetables
Other solanaceae and malvaceae
Pumpkins
Solanaceae and Malvaceae
sweet corn (Baby corn)
Sweet peppers/bell peppers
Tomatoes
Watermelons
0200000
Vegetables, fresh or frozen
0230000
Fruiting vegetables
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Cattle
Goat
Horse
Other milk
Sheep (Mouflon (farmed))
1000000
Products of animal origin - Terrestrial animals
1020000
Milk
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Mace
Other aril spices
0800000
Spices
0870000
Aril spices
0.05 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Beans (Species listed with code numbers 0260010-xxx, dried seeds, except soyabeans/edamame)
Lentils
Lupins/lupini beans
Other pulses
Peas
0300000
Pulses
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Chicory roots
Other sugar plants
Sugar beet roots
Sugar canes
0900000
Sugar plants
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Buckwheat and other pseudocereals
Common millet/proso millet
Maize/corn
Other cereals
Rice
Sorghum
0500000
Cereals
0.01 mg/kg
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
Annex II
Grapefruits
Lemons
Limes
Mandarins
Oranges
Other citrus fruits
0100000
Fruits, fresh or frozen and Tree nuts
0110000
Citrus fruits
0.01 mg/kg
Details
PPPR - Plant Protection Products Regulation

Annex of Approved Active Substances for Plant Protection Products

This list contains the active substances approved under Regulation 1107/2009/EC, as listed in Regulation 540/2011/EU. The list is separated into five parts: Part A (deemed to have been approved under 1107/2009/EC); Part B (approved under 1107/2009/EC); Part C (basic substances); Part D (low-risk active substances); and Part E (candidates for substitution). Entries include common & IUPAC names, identifiers (e.g., CAS, CIPAC), purity information, and approval and approval expiration dates.

Name CAS Ref No. CIPAC No. Purity Qualifier Expressed As Date of approval Expiration of approval Part Use Notes  
Bifenox
42576-02-3
180
413
970 g/kg
1 January 2009
31 December 2023
A Active substances deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
Only uses as herbicide may be authorised
1 Please refer to the original source document (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R0540) and subsequent amendments for applicable additional specific provisions.
21 Impurities: max. 3 g/kg 2,4-dichlorophenol; max. 6 g/kg 2,4-dichloroanisole.
Details
Statistics on Pesticides Regulation

Statistics on Pesticides Regulation - Annex III Harmonised C&L

This list contains Annex III of Regulation 1185/2009/EC. It provides the substances with harmonised classifications to be covered to produce European statistics on the sales and use of pesticides.

Name CAS Chemical Class Group Category Code CIPAC Note(s)
Bifenox
42576-02-3
DIPHENYL ETHER HERBICIDES
Herbicides, haulm destructors and moss killers
Other herbicides
H99_08_02
413
Water Environmental Quality Standards Directive

Annex I, Part A - Priority Substances & Pollutants in water

This list contains environmental quality standards (EQS), including annual averages and maximum allowable concentrations, for priority substances and certain other pollutants, as provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.

Name CAS NO Average limit Maximum limit Average sampling duration Emission medium Qualifier  
Bifenox
42576-02-3
39
0.012 µg/l
0.04 µg/l
1 yr
Inland surface waters
Details
Bifenox
42576-02-3
39
0.0012 µg/l
0.004 µg/l
1 yr
Surface waters other than inland surface waters
Details
Water Framework Directive

Water Framework Directive, Annex X - Priority Substances

This list contains substances identified as priority substances that are targeted for reduction and eventual removal from waste water discharge. The list includes 'priority hazardous substances' which are subject to special restrictions.

Name EC Number CAS Priority Group Notes  
Bifenox
255-894-7
42576-02-3
Details