EU Strengthens Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants: Updated Scope and UTC Limits for Five Flame Retardants
Dec. 5 2025
On October 28, 2025, the EU released Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1482, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This update focuses on revising the unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) limits for five polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants listed in Part A of Annex I.
The amendment regulation (EU) 2025/1482 adjusted the Unintentional Trace Contaminant (UTC) Concentration Limits for the 5 PBDEs (including Tetra-, Penta-, Hexa-, Hepta-, and DecaBDE) in the POP Regulation:
Scope | Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification | Effective date |
Mixtures or Articles1#: | ≤10 mg/kg(sum) | November 17, 2025 |
Mixture or articles containing or made up of recovered materials from recycling process 1# | ≤500 mg/kg(sum) | November 17, 2025 |
≤350 mg/kg(sum) | December 30, 2025 | |
≤200 mg/kg(sum) | December 30, 2027 | |
Toys1#,2#, or products facilitating children seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, changing and general body care, feeding, sucking, transportation and protection containing or made up of recovered materials from recycling process | ≤500 mg/kg(sum) | November 17, 2025 |
≤350 mg/kg(sum) | December 30, 2025 | |
≤10 mg/kg(sum) | May 17, 2027 |
Remark: ¹#Exempts food contact materials and articles
²#Toys within the scope of Directive 2009/48/EC
Additional Information:
The full text of the document can be found at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202501482
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