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.
Bis(isopropyl)naphthalene 254-052-6 38640-62-9 125 Sweden under evaluation
Bis(pentabromophenyl) ether (decabromodiphenyl ether) (DecaBDE) 214-604-9 1163-19-5 48 United Kingdom under evaluation
Bis(tributyltin) oxide (TBTO) 200-268-0 56-35-9 95 Norway fulfilling PBT criteria
Clofenotane (= p,pDDT) 200-024-3 50-29-3 38 Norway fulfilling POP criteria
Cyclododeca1,5,9-triene 225-533-8 4904-61-4 39 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Cyclododecane 206-033-9 294-62-2 40 Sweden fulfilling PBT criteria
Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane 208-764-9 541-02-6 124 Finland/United Kingdom under evaluation
Decanoic acid, ester with 2ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol octanoate 234-392-1 11138-60-6 41 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Di(tertdodecyl) pentasulphide 250-702-8 31565-23-8 42 United Kingdom under evaluation
Dibenzyltoluene 248-097-0 26898-17-9 43 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Dichlorodioctylstannane 222-583-2 3542-36-7 16 United Kingdom under evaluation
Dicofol 204-082-0 115-32-2 44 Germany fulfilling POP criteria
Diethyldimethylplumbane 217-170-9 1762-27-2 45 Norway not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Diisodecyl phenyl phosphite 247-098-3 25550-98-5 46 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Dioctadecyl 3,3'thiodipropionate 211-750-5 693-36-7 96 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Dioxobis(stearato)trilead 235-702-8 12578-12-0 47 Norway not fulfilling PBT & vPvB 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
Diuron 206-354-4 330-54-1 122 Denmark not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Dodecachlorodimethano-dibenzocyclooctane 236-948-9 13560-89-9 115 United Kingdom deferred
Dodecylphenol 248-312-8 27193-86-8 55 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Endosulfan 204-079-4 115-29-7 56 Germany fulfilling PBT criteria & POP
Ethanol, 2,2'-iminobis-, N-C12-18-alkyl derivs. 276-014-8 71786-60-2 57 Sweden not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Ethylenebistetrabromophthalimide 251-118-6 32588-76-4 101 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Extracts (petroleum), heavy paraffinic distillate solvent 265-103-7 64742-04-7 111 Finland under evaluation
Hexabromocyclododecane 247-148-4 25637-99-4 58 Sweden fulfilling PBT criteria
Hexachlorobenzene 204-273-9 118-74-1 59 Denmark fulfilling POP criteria
Hexachlorobuta1,3-diene 201-765-5 87-68-3 60 Denmark fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria & POP
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 201-029-3 77-47-4 108 Norway deferred
Hydrocarbons, C4, 1,3-butadiene-free, polymd., triisobutylene fraction, hydrogenated 297-629-8 93685-81-5 62 Finland not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Hydrocarbons, C4, 1,3butadiene-free, polymd., dibutylene fraction, hydrogenated 297-626-1 93685-78-0 61 Finland not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Isooctylphenol 234-304-1 11081-15-5 112 Norway deferred
Lindane 200-401-2 58-89-9 105 France fulfilling POP criteria
Magnesium, bis(2hydroxybenzoato-O1,O2)-, ar,ar'-di-C>13-alkyl derivs. 284-578-1 84929-98-6 63 France under evaluation
Methyl 2(4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenoxy)propionate 257-141-8 51338-27-3 64 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Methyl 3(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate 228-985-4 6386-38-5 65 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Methylnaphthalene 202-078-3 91-57-6 106 Germany not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
N(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) 212-344-0 793-24-8 97 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
N,N-dicyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulphenamide 225-625-8 4979-32-2 66 Germany not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
N[2-(2-Heptadecyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl] stearamide 247-577-7 26272-76-4 119 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Nitrofen 217-406-0 1836-75-5 68 Netherlands fulfilling PBT criteria
Nonylphenol 246-672-0 25154-52-3 69 United Kingdom not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Ntert-butylbenzothiazole-2-sulphenamide 202-409-1 95-31-8 72 Germany not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Octabenzone 217-421-2 1843-05-6 73 France not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Octadecyl 3(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate 218-216-0 2082-79-3 74 Netherlands not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane 209-136-7 556-67-2 75 Finland under evaluation
Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, chloro 264-150-0 63449-39-8 110 Finland not fulfilling PBT & vPvB criteria
Pentabromophenol 210-167-3 608-71-9 114 United Kingdom deferred