PBT/vPvB assessments under the previous EU chemicals legislation

PBT/vPvB assessments under the previous EU chemicals legislation

PBT/vPvB assessments under the previous EU chemicals legislation

The TC NES sub-group on identification of PBT and vPvB substances assessed suspected PBTs (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic) and vPvBs (very persistent and very bioaccumulative) under the previous EU chemicals legislation. The group's assessment outcomes and Summary Fact Sheets are provided in the table below. Currently, the assessment of suspected PBT and vPvB substances can be informally discussed with the PBT Expert Group, which is coordinated and hosted by ECHA.

 

Further information

The TC NES sub-group addressed 127 substances. Of these:

  • 28 were considered to fulfil the PBT, vPvB or POP (Persistent Organic Pollutant) criteria
  • 66 substances were concluded as not fulfilling the PBT, vPvB or POP criteria
  • 10 substances had their assessment deferred and
  • for the remaining 23 substances, assessment was to be continued under REACH

This work ceased in 2007 and the status reported here corresponds to the status at the end of 2007. The conclusions reported in the table do not in all cases reflect the current assessment status of the substances listed. Further assessment work may have been carried out on a substance since the finalisation of its summary fact sheet. 

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Explanatory notes to the Conclusions in the table below

Note that the criteria for PBT/vPvB identification under the previous legislation were not entirely identical with those laid down in REACH Annex XIII.

Fulfilling PBT criteria The substance fulfils the PBT criteria or it fulfils the PBT screening criteria but it has been concluded that no further information is required at the moment.
Fulfilling vPvB criteria The substance fulfils the vPvB criteria or it fulfils the vPvB screening criteria but no further information is required at the moment.
POP The substance either fulfils the criteria for adding new substances to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and/or the UNECE Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants or it is subject to these Conventions.
Not fulfilling PBT and vPvB criteria The substance does not meet the PBT criteria.
Under evaluation The substance is under evaluation or further testing or information has been required from the manufacturers/importers.
Deferred The substance is a suspected PBT or vPvB, but it is at present not possible to request the generation of the data necessary to achieve a definitive conclusion or the substance is a suspected PBT or vPvB, but the substance is not of interest due to zero or low volume used.

Disclaimer: Neither ECHA nor the rapporteur may be held liable for the use which may be made of the information contained in the table below or in the Summary Fact Sheets listed. Statements made or information contained in the documents are without prejudice to any formal regulatory activities that ECHA or the Member States may have initiated or may initiate at a later stage. The outcomes presented in the table and in the Summary Fact Sheets were compiled on the basis of information available by the end of 2007.

There are currently no ongoing consultations.
2,4Dinonylphenol, branched 284-323-4 84852-14-2 103 United Kingdom deferred
4,4'Thio-bis(2-t-butyl-5-methylphenol) 202-525-2 96-69-5 113 United Kingdom deferred
Amines, C1214-alkyl, reaction products with hexanol, phosphorus oxide (P2O5), phosphorus sulfide (P2S5) and propylene oxide 294-716-2 91745-46-9 26 United Kingdom deferred
Bis(2,4dichloro-5-nitrophenyl) carbonate 254-471-4 39489-75-3 37 Sweden deferred
Dodecachlorodimethano-dibenzocyclooctane 236-948-9 13560-89-9 115 United Kingdom deferred
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 201-029-3 77-47-4 108 Norway deferred
Isooctylphenol 234-304-1 11081-15-5 112 Norway deferred
Pentabromophenol 210-167-3 608-71-9 114 United Kingdom deferred
Phenol, nonyl, manuf. of, by-products from, high-boiling 291-845-6 90481-05-3 71 United Kingdom deferred
Phthalic acid, tetrabromo, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester 247-426-5 26040-51-7 116 United Kingdom deferred
Anthracene oil 292-602-7 90640-80-5 27 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Anthracene oil, anthracene paste 292-603-2 90640-81-6 28 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Anthracene oil, anthracene paste, anthracene fraction 295-275-9 91995-15-2 29 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Anthracene oil, anthracene paste, distn. Lights 295-278-5 91995-17-4 30 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Anthracene oil, anthracene-low 292-604-8 90640-82-7 31 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Anthracene, pure 204-371-1 120-12-7 32 Germany fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Pentachlorobenzenethiol 205-107-8 133-49-3 76 Finland fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Hexachlorobuta1,3-diene 201-765-5 87-68-3 60 Denmark fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria & POP
1,2,3 Trichlorobenzene 201-757-1 87-61-6 3 Denmark fulfilling PBT criteria
1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene 204-428-0 120-82-1 4 Denmark fulfilling PBT criteria
Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) 287-476-5 85535-84-8 23 United Kingdom fulfilling PBT criteria
Bis(tributyltin) oxide (TBTO) 200-268-0 56-35-9 95 Norway fulfilling PBT criteria
Cyclododecane 206-033-9 294-62-2 40 Sweden fulfilling PBT criteria
Diphenyl ether, octabromo derivative 251-087-9 32536-52-0 49 United Kingdom fulfilling PBT criteria
Distillates (coal tar), heavy oils 292-607-4 90640-86-1 51 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Distillates (coal tar), heavy oils, pyrene fraction 295-304-5 91995-42-5 52 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Distillates (coal tar), pitch, pyrene fraction 295-313-4 91995-52-7 53 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Hexabromocyclododecane 247-148-4 25637-99-4 58 Sweden fulfilling PBT criteria
Nitrofen 217-406-0 1836-75-5 68 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Pitch, coal tar, high temp. 266-028-2 65996-93-2 54 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Residues (coal tar), pitch distn. 295-507-9 92061-94-4 50 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Tetramethyllead 200-897-0 75-74-1 92 United Kingdom fulfilling PBT criteria
Endosulfan 204-079-4 115-29-7 56 Germany fulfilling PBT criteria & POP
Clofenotane (= p,pDDT) 200-024-3 50-29-3 38 Norway fulfilling POP criteria
Dicofol 204-082-0 115-32-2 44 Germany fulfilling POP criteria
Hexachlorobenzene 204-273-9 118-74-1 59 Denmark fulfilling POP criteria
Lindane 200-401-2 58-89-9 105 France fulfilling POP criteria
5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene 201-329-4 81-15-2 126 Netherlands fulfilling vPvB criteria
1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylin-deno[5,6-c]pyran 214-946-9 1222-05-5 2 Netherlands not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
1,4Benzenediamine, N,N'-mixed Ph and tolyl derivs. 273-227-8 68953-84-4 102 Germany not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
1-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3,5,5,6,8,8-hexamethyl-2-naph-thyl)ethan-1-one 216-133-4 1506-02-1 1 Netherlands not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
1H3a,7-Methanoazulene, 2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydro-3,6,8,8-tetramethyl-, 3R-(3.alpha.,3a.beta.,7.beta.,8a.alpha.) - 207-418-4 469-61-4 104 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
1HIndene-5-ethanol, 2,3-dihydro-beta.,1,1,2,3,3-hexamethyl- 214-934-3 1217-08-9 109 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,2'-[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] 226-939-8 5567-15-7 8 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,2'[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] 225-822-9 5102-83-0 6 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,2'[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N-(2-methylphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] 226-789-3 5468-75-7 7 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,4,6trichlorophenol 201-795-9 88-06-2 10 Austria not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,4-di-tert-butylphenol 202-532-0 96-76-4 12 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,4-Dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) 204-450-0 121-14-2 11 Germany not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol (BHT) 204-881-4 128-37-0 121 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria