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Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates (NPE)

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Here you can find all of the regulations and regulatory lists in which this substance appears, according to the data available to ECHA. This substance has been found in the following regulatory activities (directly, or inheriting the regulatory context of a parent substance):

Region Legislation Emission medium Process/equipment Maximum emissions Average emissions Notes
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European Union Water Environmental Quality Standards Directive Inland surface waters 2.0 µg/l 0.3 µg/l 1.0 yr Unless otherwise specified the EQS parameter expressed as an annual average value (AA-EQS) applies to the total concentration of all isomers. Inland surface waters encompass rivers and lakes and related artificial or heavily modified water bodies.
European Union Water Environmental Quality Standards Directive Surface waters other than inland surface waters 2.0 µg/l 0.3 µg/l 1.0 yr Unless otherwise specified the EQS parameter expressed as an annual average value (AA-EQS) applies to the total concentration of all isomers. Inland surface waters encompass rivers and lakes and related artificial or heavily modified water bodies.
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Construction Products Regulation
  • Construction Product Regulation - Annex I (3) - Hazardous Substances
    EU. Hazardous Substances for Purposes of Annex I (3) (Requirements for Construction Works), Regulation 305/2011/EU on Marketing of Construction Products, amended by Regulation 574/2014/EU, 28 May 2014

    This list contains a non-exhaustive inventory of substances taken from: (1) Table 3 of Annex VI to CLP; (2) the Candidate List of SVHCs; (3) Annex XIV of REACH (Authorisation List); (4) Annex XVII of REACH (Restrictions List); (5) F-gases subject to emission limits/reporting per Regulation 517/2014/EU; and (6) volatile organic compounds (VOCs) listed in the Ambient Air Directive 2008/50/EC. The basis of the list is Annex I(3) of the Construction Products Regulation 305/2011/EC, which stipulates that construction works must not have a high impact on human health or the environment as a result of: giving off toxic gas; emissions of dangerous substances, volatile organic compounds (VOC), greenhouse gases or dangerous particles into indoor or outdoor air; release of dangerous substances into drinking water, ground water, marine waters, surface waters or soil.

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General Product Safety Directive
  • General Product Safety Directive - Hazardous Substances
    EU. Hazardous Substances for Purposes of General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC), 15 January 2002, amended by Reg 596/2009/EC, 18 July 2009

    This list contains a non-exhaustive inventory of substances that fall within the European Union's hazardous substance definitions, as provided on: (1) Table 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation 1272/2008/EC; (2) Annex III of Directive 2000/54/EC (Biological Agents); Candidate List of SVHCs; and REACH Annexes XIV and XVII (Authorisation and Restriction lists). They can be considered hazardous for purposes of the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC.

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Industrial Emissions Directive
  • IPPC - Industrial Emissions Directive, Annex II - Polluting Substances
    EU. Polluting Substances: Annex II, Directive 2010/75/EU on Industrial Emissions (IPPC), 17 December 2010

    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.

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Water Environmental Quality Standards Directive
  • Annex I, Part A - Priority Substances & Pollutants in water
    EU. Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for Priority Substances: Annex I, Part A, Directive 2008/105/EC, 24 December 2008, amended by Directive 2013/39/EU, 24 August 2013

    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.

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Water Framework Directive
  • Water Framework Directive, Annex X - Priority Substances
    EU. Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC, Priority Substances in the Field of Water Policy, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU, OJ L 226/1, 24 August 2013

    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.

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Substance names and other identifiers

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Regulatory process names
Nonylphenol (C6H4(OH)C9H19)
Construction Product Regulation - Annex I (3) - Hazardous Substances, General Product Safety Directive - Hazardous Substances
Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates (NPE)
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Nonylphenols
Water Framework Directive, Annex X - Priority Substances, Annex I, Part A - Priority Substances & Pollutants in water, IPPC - Industrial Emissions Directive, Annex II - Polluting Substances