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A study on biodegradation (closed bottle test) of lithium bis(oxalato)borate was assessed according to OECD guideline 301D and EU method C.4. The relative biodegradation values calculated from the 2 measurements performed during the test period of 28 days revealed 95 % degradation of test substance at 10 mg/L and 86 % degradation of test substance at 30 mg/L. Furthermore, at least 60 % degradation was reached within the 10 days immediately following the attainment of 10 % biodegradation (10-day window). Except for a deviating difference of duplicate values of the reference substance at the end of the test (24 %), which was considered not to have affected the integrity of this study, all criteria for acceptability of the test were met. Therefore, this study was considered to be valid. Lithium bis(oxalato)borate was ready biodegradable under the conditions in the closed bottle test. (NOTOX, 2004). Thus, based on structural analogue, both lithium bis(oxalato)borate and potassium bis(oxalato)borate can be regarded as readily biodegradable.