Acronym

Legal reference

POPs regulated / POP reference

Areas of regulation

REACH

Regulation 1907/2006

Testing on PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic) criteria according to Annex XIII

Production, placing on the market & use

CLP

Regulation 1272/2008

Inventory of classification and labelling of hazardous substances.

Classification, Labelling, Packaging

Plant Protection Product Regulation

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009

Active substance, safener or synergist shall only be approved where it is not considered to be a persistent organic pollutant (POP) resp. PBT substance

Active substances meeting two of the PBT criteria shall be candidates for substitution

Placing on the market & use

Biocide Directive will be replaced by a Regulation

Directive 98/8/EC under Revision

Proposal for a Regulation: Active substances meeting two of the PBT criteria shall be candidates for substitution

Placing on the market & use

Export and import of dangerous chemicals

Regulation 689/2008

POPs as listed in Annexes A and B of the Stockholm Convention are subject to export ban

Export and import of dangerous chemicals

PCB Directive

Directive 96/59/EC

Disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT)

Disposal

Acronym

Legal reference

POPs regulated / POP reference

Areas of regulation

EU Ecolabel

Regulation (EC) No 66/2010

Criteria of product categories laid down in Commission decisions may cover POPs e.g. in textile floor covering for trace contamination with POP pesticides[1]

A product cannot obtain an ecolabel if it contains a PBT/vPvB substance.

Different product categories, see: [2]

RoHS Directive

Directive 2011/65/EU (recast of 2002/95/EC)

Ban of PBDE and other hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

Production and import of electrical and electronic products

Waste Framework Directive

Directive 2008/98/EC

The classification of waste as hazardous waste should be based, inter alia, on the Community legislation on chemicals, in particular concerning the classification of preparations as hazardous, including concentration limit values used for that purpose.[3]

Waste

Waste Incineration Directive

Directive 2000/76/EC

Emission limit values for air, discharges of waste water for dioxins and furans .

Waste

Directive 76/464/EEC has been codified as 2006/11/EC

Directive 2006/11/EC

Pollution through the discharge of the various dangerous substances within List I into the aquatic environment must be eliminated.

List I contains certain individual substances selected mainly on the basis of their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation.

Pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment

Landfill Directive

Directive 1999/31/EC

Hazardous waste for landfills needs a prior treatment.

Waste

WEEE Directive

Directive 2002/96/EC

Provisions on waste containing hazardous substances, e.g. PCB (PCBs/PCTs containing capacitors), mandatory segregation of PCB-containing components.

Treatment of waste of electrical and electronic equipment

ELV Directive

Directive 2000/53/EC

Due to the segregation of hazardous components from the vehicle, the releases of unintentional POPs from shredder plants are decreased.

Collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of end-of-life vehicles.

Water Framework Directive

Directive 2000/60/EC

Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccu­mulable organic toxic substances indicated as main pollutants under Annex VIII. Several POPs included in Annex X (list of Priority Substances (PS), for which Environmental Quality Standards are set and there is a monitoring and reporting obligation; most of the POPS in the PS list are also Priority Hazardous Substances, for which there is an objective to phase out discharges, emissions and losses. Some POPs are under consideration for inclusion in the revised Priority Substances list due to be proposed in 2011.

Protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater

Drinking Water Directive

Council Directive 98/83/EC

Standards for the most common substances (so-called parameters), among them polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, i.e. pesticide (aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide).

Quality of water intended for human consumption

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Directive 2008/56/EC

Synthetic compounds identified as priority substances under directive 2000/60/EC which are relevant for the marine environment.

Protection of marine waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Member States

SEVESO II Directive

Directive 1996/82/EC

Pollution from industrial accidents.

Prevention, Preparedness and Response to chemical accidents

IPPC / IED

Directive 2008/1/EC (IPPC)

Directive 2010/75/EU (IED)

Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans among the main air pollutants and persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances among the main water pollutants.

Waste Incineration Directive

Directive 2000/76/EC

Emission limit values of dioxins /furans in air (0.1 ng I-TEQ/m3) and water (0.3 ng/l) for waste incineration facilities

Ambient air quality

Directive 2004/107/EC

Limit values for benzo[a]pyrene as a marker for PAH in ambient air.

Water Framework Directive

Directive 2000/60/EC

PAHs, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, pentachlorobenzene are  included in Annex X as PHS, i.e.Environmental Quality Standards are set and there is an objective to phase out discharges, emissions and losses.

Acronym

Legal reference

POPs regulated / POP reference

Maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs

Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006

- Dioxins (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dioxin-like PCBs and non-dioxin-like PCBs (indicator PCBs)

- benzo(a)pyrene and the sum of of benzo(a)pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene as a marker of carcinogenic PAH in certain foodstuffs.

Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006^[4]

Regulation (EU) No xxxx/2011

Methods of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in food for regulatory purposes

Pesticide Residues in Food

Regulation (EC) No 396/2005

Setting Maximum Residue Levels for POP Pesticides in food products

Undesirable substances in animal feed

Directive 2002/32/EC

Aldrin, Dieldrin, Camphechlor (toxaphene), Chlordane, DDT, Endosulfan, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH, incl. Lindane), Dioxins (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)..

Regulation (EC) 152/2009[5]

Methods of sampling and analysis for checking the  levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed for regulatory purposes