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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2023) XXX  draft  
ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to the  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and PFHxA -
related substances  
   
EN 1  EN ANNEX  
 
In Annex XVII  to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 , the following  entry is added : 
‘… [OP please insert the next 
consecutive number ]. 
Undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), 
its salts and PFHxA -related substances:  
(a) having a linear or branched 
perfluoropentyl group with the 
formula C 5F11- directly attached 
to another carbon atom as one of 
the structural elements; or 
(b) having a linear or branched  
perfluorohexyl group with the 
formula C 6F13-.  
 
The following substances are excluded  
from this designation:  
(a) C6F14;  
(b) C6F13-C(=O)OH, C 6F13-
C(=O)O -X′ or C 6F13-CF2-X′ 
(where X ′ = any group, 
including salts);   
(c) any substance having a 
perfluoroalkyl group C 6F13 -
directly attached to an oxygen 
atom at one of the non -terminal 
carbons.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Shall not , from [PO: please insert  the date = 24 
months from the date o f entry into force  of this 
Regulation ] be placed on the market , or used, in a 
concentration equal to or greater than 25 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA and its salts, or 1000 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA -related substances, measured in 
homogeneous material , in the following : 
- textiles, leather, furs and hides in clothing 
and r elated accessories for  the general 
public ; 
- footwear for  the general public ; 
- paper and cardboard used as food contact 
materials  within the scope of Regulation 
(EC) No 1935/2004 ; 
- mixtures for  the general public ; 
- cosmetic  product s as defined in  Article 2(1), 
point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.  
 
2. Shall not , from [PO: please  in sert the date = 36 
months from the date of entry into force  of this 
Regulation ] be placed on the market , or used , in a 
concentration equal to or greater than 25 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA and i ts salts , or 1000 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA -related substances , measured in 
homogeneous material , in textiles , leather, furs and 
hides,  other than in clothing  and related accessories  
referred to in paragraph 1, for the general public . 
 
3. Shall not, from [PO: please in sert the date = 18 
months  from the date of entry into force  of this 
Regulation ] be placed on the market , or used, in a 
concentration equal to or greater than 25 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA and its salts, or 1000 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA -related substances , in: 
- fire-fighting foams for t raining and for 
testing (except functional testing of the 
firefighting systems);   
- fire-fighting foams for municipal fire 
services.  
 
4. Shall not, from [PO: please insert  the date = 5 
years  from the date of entry into force  of this 
Regulation ] be placed on the market , or used , in 
fire-fighting foams for civil aviation  in a 
concentration equal to or greater than  25 ppb for the  
EN 2  EN sum of PFHxA and its salts , or 1000 ppb for the 
sum of PFHxA -related substances . 
 
5. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall not apply to 
substances having a perfluoroalkyl group C 6F13- 
directly attached to a sulphur atom.  
 
6. By way of derogation from p aragraph 1 , that 
paragraph  shall not apply to articles placed on the 
market before [PO: please insert  the date = 24 
months from  the date of  entry into force  of this 
Regulation ]. 
 
7. By way of derogation from p aragraph 2 , that 
paragraph  shall not apply to articles placed on the 
market before [PO: please insert  the date = 36 
months from the date of entry in to force  of this 
Regulation ]. 
 
8. For the purposes of this entry, PFHxA -related 
substances are substances that, based on their 
molecular structure , are considered to have the 
potential to d egrade or be transformed to PFHxA.