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Implemented on October 10th, 2024! EU REACH adds restrictions on perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
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2024-09-23
The EU has revised the REACH regulation, adding controls on perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts, and related substances, limiting their concentrations, and implementing them in stages in multiple fields, including textiles, food contact materials, cosmetics, etc.
On September 20, 2024, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) published (EU) 2024/2462, revising Annex XVI of the REACH regulation and adding Article 79 for the control of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts, and PFHxA related substances. This restriction will come into effect on October 10, 2024.
01. Restricted substances
79. Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts, and PFHxA related substances:
(a) A linear or branched perfluoropentyl group with the molecular formula C5F11- is directly connected to another carbon atom as one of the structural elements; or
(b) A straight or branched perfluorohexyl group with the molecular formula C6F13-.
The following substances are not included in this name:
（a）C6F14;
(b) C6F13-C (=O) OH, C6F13-C (=O) O-X 'or C6F13-CF2-X' (where X '=any functional group, including salts);
(c) Any substance with a perfluoroalkyl C6F13- directly attached to an oxygen atom of one of the non terminal carbon atoms.
02. Limit values
The sum of PFHxA and its salt concentrations is less than 25ppb;
The sum of concentrations of PFHxA related compounds is less than 1000 PPb.
03. Effective Date
April 10, 2026
For training, testing, public fire foam;
October 10, 2026
·Textiles, leather, fur, and animal skin products for public use;
·Shoes for public use;
·Paper and cardboard used as food contact materials within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004;
·Mixtures for public use;
·Cosmetics as defined in (EC) No 1223/2009;
October 10, 2027
Textiles, leather, fur, and animal skin products for public use (excluding clothing and related accessories);
On October 10, 2029
Civil aviation fire foam.
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