EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, 28.10.2021  
COM(2021) 656 final  
ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to the  
Proposal for a  
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL  
amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants  
{SEC(2021)  379 final}  - {SWD(2021)  299 final}  - {SWD(2021)  300 final}  -
 {SWD(2021)  301 final}    
EN 1  EN ANNEX  
Annex es IV and V  are amended as follows:  
(1) Annex IV is amended as follows:  
(a) the following rows are added to the table:  
 
‘Pentachlorophenol, its salts 
and esters  87-86-5 and 
others  201-778-6 
and others  100 mg/kg  
Dicofol  115-32-2 204-082-0  50 mg/kg  
Perfluorooctanoic acid 
(PFOA), its salts and PFOA -
related compounds  335-67-1 and 
others  206-397-9 
and others  1 mg/kg  
(PFOA and its salts),  
40 mg/kg  
(PFOA -related 
compounds )’ 
 
(b) the row for the substance Alkanes C 10-C13, chloro (short -chain chlorinated paraffins) 
(SCCPs) is replaced by the following:  
 
‘Alkanes C 10-C13, chloro 
(short -chain chlorinated 
paraffins) (SCCPs)  85535 -84-8 287-476-5 1 500 mg/kg ’ 
 
(c) the rows for the substances Tetrabromodiphenyl ether C 12H6Br4O, Pentabromodiphenyl 
ether C 12H5Br5O, Hexabromodiphenyl ether C 12H4Br6O, Heptabromodiphenyl ether 
C12H3Br7O and Decabromodiphenyl ether C 12Br10O are replaced by the following:  
 
‘Tetrabromodiphenyl ether 
C12H6Br4O 40088 -
47-9 
and others  254-
787-2 
and 
others   Sum of the 
concentrations of 
tetrabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
pentabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
hexabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
heptabromodiphenyl 
ether and 
decabromodiphenyl 
ether:   
 Pentabromodiphenyl ether 
C12H5Br5O 32534 -
81-9 
and others  251-
084-2 
and 
others   
Hexabromodiphenyl ether 
C12H4Br6O 36483 -
60-0 
and others  253-
058-6 
and 
others   
Heptabromodiphenyl ether 
C12H3Br7O 68928 -
80-3 
and others  273-
031-2 
and 
others    
EN 2  EN Bis(pentabromophenyl) 
ether (decabromodiphenyl 
ether; decaBDE)  C12Br10O 1163 -19-
5 
and others  214-
604-9 
and 
others   (a)  until [OP, please 
introduce the date of 
the day before the date 
in the following p oint], 
500 mg/kg  
(b) from  [OP, please 
introduce the date of  5 
years after the date of 
entry into force of this 
Regulation] , 200 
mg/kg or, if higher, the 
sum of the 
concentration of those 
substances where they 
are present in mixtures 
or articles, as set out in 
Annex I, fourth 
column, point 2 for the 
substances 
tetrabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
pentabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
hexabromodiphenyl 
ether, 
heptabromodiphenyl 
ether and 
decabromodiphenyl 
ether. ’ 
 
(d) the row for the substance s Polychlorinated dibenzo -p-dioxins and dibenzofurans 
(PCDD/PCDF) is replaced by the following:  
 
‘Polychlorinated dibenzo -p-
dioxins and dibenzofurans 
(PCDD/PCDF) and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated biphenyls (dl -
PCBs)    5 µg/kg (2) 
 
(2) The limit is calculated as the sum of PCDD, PCDF and dl -PCBs according to the toxic equivalency factors 
(TEFs) set out in Part 2, in the third subparagraph, in the table, of Annex V. ’ 
 
(e) the row for the substance hexabromocyclododecane is replaced by the following:  
 
‘Hexabromocyclododecane(4) 25637 -99-4, 247-148-4 500 mg/kg ’  
EN 3  EN 3194 -55-6, 
134237 -50-6, 
134237 -51-7, 
134237 -52-8 221-695-9 
 
(2) Part 2 of Annex V is amended as follows:  
(a) in the second paragraph, the second column  of the table,  ‘Maximum concentration limits 
of substances listed in Annex IV’ , is amended as follows : 
 
(i) the text ‘Polychlorinated dibenzo -p-dioxins and dibenzofurans: 5 mg/kg;’ is 
replaced by  the following:  
 ‘Polychlorinated dibenzo -p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated biphenyls (dl -PCBs): 5 mg/kg; ’; 
(ii) the text ‘Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether C 12H6Br4O), 
pentabromodiphenyl ether (C 12H5Br5O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C 12H4Br6O) and 
heptabromodiphenyl ether (C 12H3Br7O): 10 000 mg/kg;’ is replaced by the 
following:  
‘Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether C 12H6Br4O), 
pentabromodiphenyl ether (C 12H5Br5O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C 12H4Br6O), 
heptabrom odiphenyl ether (C 12H3Br7O) and decabromodiphenyl ether (C 12Br10O): 10 
000 mg/kg;’;  
(iii) the following text is inserted after ‘Toxaphene: 5 000 mg/kg.’:  
‘Pentachlorophenol, its salts and esters: 1 000 mg/kg;  
Dicofol: 5 000 mg/kg;  
  Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA -related compounds: 50 mg/kg  
(PFOA and its salts), 2 000 mg/kg (PFOA -related compounds) .’. 
 
 (b) the third paragraph is replaced by the following:  
‘The maximum concentration limit of polychlorinated dibenz o-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans 
(PCDD and PCDF) and dioxin -like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl -PCBs) shall be calculated 
according to the following toxic equivalency factors (TEFs):  
 
Toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCDD, PCDF and dl-PCBs  
PCDD  TEF  
2,3,7,8 -TeCDD  1 
1,2,3,7,8 -PeCDD  1 
1,2,3,4,7,8 -HxCDD  0,1 
1,2,3,6,7,8 -HxCDD  0,1  
EN 4  EN 1,2,3,7,8,9 -HxCDD  0,1 
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 -HpCDD  0,01 
OCDD  0,0003  
PCDF  TEF  
2,3,7,8 -TeCDF  0,1 
1,2,3,7,8 -PeCDF  0,03 
2,3,4,7,8 -PeCDF  0,3 
1,2,3,4,7,8 -HxCDF  0,1 
1,2,3,6,7,8 -HxCDF  0,1 
1,2,3,7,8,9 -HxCDF  0,1 
2,3,4,6,7,8 -HxCDF  0,1 
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 -HpCDF  0,01 
1,2,3,4,7,8,9 -HpCDF  0,01 
OCDF  0,0003  
dl-PCBs  TEF  
PCB 77  0,0001  
PCB 81  0,0003  
PCB 105  0,00003  
PCB 114  0,00003  
PCB 118  0,00003  
PCB 123  0,00003  
PCB 126  0,1 
PCB 169  0,03 
PCB 156  0,00003  
PCB 157  0,00003  
PCB 167  0,00003   
EN 5  EN PCB 189  0,00003  
’.