ANNEX XVII TO REACH – Conditions of restriction
Restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous
substances, mixtures and articles
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Linear and branched perfluorocarboxylic acids of the formula CnF2n +1-C(= O)OH where n = 8,9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 (C9-C14 PFCAs),
including their salts, and any combinations thereof;
Any C9-C14 PFCA-related substance having a perfluoro group with the formula CnF2n +1directly attached to another carbon atom, where n = 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13, including theirsalts and any combinations thereof;
Any C9-C14 PFCA-related substance having a perfluoro group with the formula CnF2n +1- that
it is not directly attached to another carbon atom, where n = 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 as oneof the structural elements, including their salts and any combinations thereof.
The following substances are excluded from this designation-CnF2n +1-X, where X = F, Cl, or Br
where n = 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14, including any combinations thereof,-CnF2n +1-C(= O)OX' where n> 13 and X'=any group, including salts.

Conditions of restriction
1. Shall not be manufactured, or placed on the market as substances on their own from 25
February 2023.
2. Shall not, from 25 February 2023, be used in, or placed on the market in:(a) another substance, as a constituent;(b) a mixture;(c) an article,
except if the concentration in the substance, the mixture, or the article is below 25 ppb forthe sum of C9-C14 PFCAs and their salts or 260 ppb for the sum of C9-C14 PFCA-relatedsubstances.
3. By way of derogation to paragraph 2, the concentration limit shall be 10 ppm for the sumof C9-C14 PFCAs, their salts and C9-C14 PFCA related substances, where they are present ina substance to be used as a transported isolated intermediate, provided that the conditions

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in points (a) to (f) of Article 18(4) of this Regulation are met for the manufacturing offluorochemicals with a perfluoro carbon chain length equal to or shorter than 6 atoms. TheCommission shall review this limit no later than 25 August 2023.
4. Paragraph 2 shall apply from 4 July 2023 to:(i) textiles for oil- and water-repellency for the protection of workers from dangerous
liquids that comprise risks to their health and safety;(ii) the manufacture of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
for the production of:-high performance, corrosion resistant gas filter membranes, water filter membranes
and membranes for medical textiles;
industrial waste heat exchanger equipment;
industrial sealants capable of preventing leakage of volatile organic compounds andPM 2,5 particulates

5. By way of derogation to paragraph 2, the use of C9-C14 PFCAs, their salts and C9-C14
PFCA-related substances shall be allowed until 4 July 2025 for:(i) photolithography or etch processes in semiconductor manufacturing;(ii) photographic coatings applied to films;(iii) invasive and implantable medical devices;(iv) fire-fighting foam for liquid fuel vapour suppression and liquid fuel fire (Class B fires)
already installed in systems, including both mobile and fixed systems, subject to thefollowing conditions:---fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain C9-C14 PFCAs, their salts and C9-C14
PFCA-related substances shall not be used for training;
fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain C9-C14 PFCAs, their salts and C9-C14
PFCA-related substances shall not be used for testing unless all releases arecontained;from 1 January 2023, uses of fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain C9-C14PFCAs, their salts and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances shall only be allowed to sites
where all releases can be contained;
fire-fighting foam stockpiles that contain or may contain C9-C14 PFCAs, their salts
and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances shall be managed in accordance with Article 5of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.

6. Paragraph 2(c) shall not apply to articles placed on the market before 25 February 2023.
7. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to the can coating for pressurised metered-dose inhalers until
25 August 2028.
8. Paragraph 2 (c) shall apply from 31 December 2023 to:(a) semiconductors on their own;

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(b) semiconductors incorporated in semi-finished and finished electronic equipment.
9. Paragraph 2(c) shall apply from 31 December 2030 to semiconductors used in spare or
replacement parts for finished electronic equipment placed on the market before 31
December 2023.
10. Until 25 August 2024, the concentration limit referred to in paragraph 2 shall be 2 000
ppb for the sum of C9-C14 PFCAs in fluoroplastics and fluoroelastomers that contain
perfluoroalkoxy groups. From 25 August 2024, the concentration limit shall be 100 ppb forthe sum of C9-C14 PFCAs, in fluoroplastics and fluoroelastomers that contain perfluoroalkoxygroups. All emissions of C9-C14 PFCAs during the manufacture and use of fluoroplastics andfluoroelastomers that contain perfluoroalkoxy groups shall be avoided and, if not possible,
reduced as far as technically and practically possible. This derogation shall not apply toarticles referred to in paragraph 2(c). The Commission shall review this derogation no later
than 25 August 2024.
11. The concentration limit referred to in paragraph 2 shall be 1 000 ppb for the sum of C9C14 PFCAs, where these are present in PTFE micro powders produced by ionising irradiation
or by thermal degradation, as well as in mixtures and articles for industrial and professional
uses containing PTFE micro powders. All emissions of C9-C14 PFCAs during the manufacture
and use of PTFE micro powders shall be avoided and, if not possible, reduced as far as
technically and practically possible. The Commission shall review this derogation no later
than 25 August 2024.
12. For the purposes of this entry, C9-C14 PFCA-related substances are substances that,based on their molecular structure, are considered to have the potential to degrade or betransformed to C9-C14 PFCAs.

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