EU – Addition of UV-328 to EU POPs Regulation
Vol. 1485 | 24 Jul 2025
EU Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/843 adds UV-328 to the POPs Regulation. The unintentional trace contaminant limits of UV-328 effective from Aug 4 2025, and decrease on Aug 4 2027, and Aug 4 2029 to reinforce the application and enforcement.
On July 15 2025, the European Commission published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/843 to approve the regulation of UV-328 under Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (POPs Regulation). This regulation was approved as proposed and will enter into force on August 4 2025.
To allow laboratories to improve the accuracy of relevant analytical methods and to ensure their uniform and adequate application, the unintentional trace contaminant limit would decrease as scheduled below. Here is the summary:
|
Substance |
Requirements |
Effective Date |
|
UV-328 CAS No. 25973-55-1 |
100 mg/kg (0,01 % by weight) |
August 4 2025 |
|
10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) |
August 4 2027 |
|
|
1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) |
August 4 2029 |
A link to the Regulation is below:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202500843
If you have further questions, please contact Dr. Kathy Leung (Kathy.Leung@intertek.com) or Dr. Ben Cheng (Ben.PS.Cheng@intertek.com)
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