The manufacturing, placing on the market and use of the substance perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds is severely restricted in the category “industrial chemical”.
PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds are listed in Annex I to the Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants
(OJ L 169 25.6.2019, p. 45-77).
After 4 July 2020, the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds is only allowed for the exemptions described in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. The exemptions have been updated by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/115
(OJ L 36, 2.2.2021, p. 7–9) .
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