A consortium comprising RPA Europe, Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA), INERIS, and Bio Innovation Service has been contracted by the European Commission (DG Environment) to prepare an Impact Assessment study to support the preparation of a legislative proposal to amend Annexes IV and V of the Regulation (EU) No 2019/1021 (hereinafter the POP Regulation).
This study builds on existing information on the current situation (which includes three previous studies commissioned by DG Environment published in 2005[1], 2011[2] and 2019[3]) and comprises the following tasks:
- Task 1: Update of the information on the mass flows of POP substances;
- Task 2: Assessment of the 2005 WHO Toxic Equivalency Factor (TEF) values for dioxin-like (dl) PCBs;
- Task 3: Survey of sampling and analytical methods for PBDEs, HBCDD and SCCPs in POP waste;
- Task 4: Impact assessment of changes to Annex IV of the POPs Regulation – Low POP Content Limit (LPCL) options for eight POP substances/substance groups; and
- Task 5: Recommendations and analysis of uncertainties.
The following substances/substance groups are within the scope of this study:
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) already included in Annex IV of the POPs Regulation[4], with particular focus on decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE);
- Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD);
- Alkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs);
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds;
- Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds;
- Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD & PCDF);
- Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its salts and esters; and
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (differentiating between dioxin-like (dl) PCBs and non-dioxin like (ndl) PCBs).
- If you have any questions about this study, please contact daniel.vencovsky@rpaltd.co.uk or +44 (0)1508 528 465.
| Definitions | |
| POP | Persistent organic pollutant |
| C&D | Construction and demolition |
| DecaBDE | Decabromodiphenyl ether |
| LPCL | Low POP concentration limit in Annex IV of the POPs Regulation |
| HBCDD | Hexabromocyclododecane |
| PBDEs | Polybrominated diphenyl ethers |
| SCCPs | Short chain chlorinated paraffins |
| PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic acid |
| PFHxS | Perfluorohexane sulfonate |
| PCDD/Fs | Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans |
| PCP | Pentachlorophenol |
[1] BiPRO (2005): Study to facilitate the implementation of certain waste related provisions
of the Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/pdf/pops_waste_full_report.pdf.
[2] BiPRO (2011): Study on waste related issues of newly listed POPs and candidate POPs. Available at:https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/pdf/POP_Waste_2010.pdf.
[3] Ramboll Environment & Health GmbH (2019): Study to support the Review of Waste Related Issues in Annexes IV and V of Regulation (EC) 850/2004. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/Study_POPS_Waste_final.pdf.
[4] Tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl and decabromodiphenyl ether