On 12 October 2018, the EU Official Journal published a new Regulation (EU) 2018/1513 amending REACH Annex XVII. A new Restriction“Entry 72” was added to Annex XVII to ban certain CMR substances in clothing, footwear and similar textiles. The CMR substances banned include heavy metals, formaldehyde, PAHs, phthalates, DMF and so on. Below more information about this restriction.
1. Scope and Requirements:
This restriction shall apply to:
(a) clothing or related accessories;
(b)textiles other than clothing which, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, come into contact with human skin to an extent similar to clothing;
(c) footwear;
If the clothing, related accessory, textile other than clothing or footwear is for use by consumers and the substance is present in a concentration, measured in homogeneous material, equal to or greater than that specified for that substance in Appendix 12, it shall not be placed on the market after 1 November 2020.
2.Specific requirement:
By way of derogation, in relation to the placing on the market of formaldehyde in jackets, coats or upholstery, the relevant concentration for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be 300 mg/kg during the period between 1 November 2020 and 1 November 2023. The concentration specified in Appendix 12 shall apply thereafter.
3. Exemption:
1) Paragraph 1 shall not apply to:
(a) clothing, related accessories or footwear, or parts of clothing, related accessories or footwear, made exclusively of natural leather, fur or hide;
(b) non-textile fasteners and non-textile decorative attachments;
(c)second-hand clothing, related accessories, textiles other than clothing or footwear ;
(d) wall-to-wall carpets and textile floor coverings for indoor use, rugs and runners.
2) Paragraph 1 shall not apply to clothing, related accessories, textiles other than clothing, or footwear within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 and (EU) 2017/745.
3) Paragraph 1(b) shall not apply to disposable textiles.
4. Restricted substances:
Appendix 12
-restricted substances and maximum concentration limits by weight in homogeneous materials:
Substances
Index-
No
CAS
No
EC
No
Concentration
limit by weight
Cadmium and its
compounds (listed in Annex
XVII, Entry 28, 29, 30,
Appendices 1-6)
—
—
—
1 mg/kg after extraction (expressed as Cd
metal that can be extracted from the material)
Chromium VI compounds
(listed in Annex XVII, Entry
28, 29, 30,
Appendices 1-6)
—
—
—
1 mg/kg after extraction (expressed as Cr VI that can be extracted from the material)
Arsenic compounds
(listed in Annex XVII, Entry
28, 29, 30, Appendices 1-6)
—
—
—
1 mg/kg after extraction (expressed as As
metal that can be extracted from the material)
Lead and its compounds
(listed in Annex XVII, Entry
28, 29, 30,
Appendices 1-6)
—
—
—
1 mg/kg after extraction (expressed as Pb
metal that can be extracted from the material)
Benzene
601-020-00-8
71-43-2
200-753-7
5 mg/kg
Benz[a]anthracene
601-033-00-9
56-55-3
200-280-6
1 mg/kg
Benz[e]acephenanthrylene
601-034-00-4
205-99-2
205-911-9
1 mg/kg
benzo[a]pyrene;
benzo[def]chrysene
601-032-00-3
50-32-8
200-028-5
1 mg/kg
Benzo[e]pyrene
601-049-00-6
192-97-2
205-892-7
1 mg/kg
Benzo[j]fluoranthene
601-035-00-X
205-82-3
205-910-3
1 mg/kg
Benzo[k]fluoranthene
601-036-00-5
207-08-9
205-916-6
1 mg/kg
Chrysene
601-048-00-0
218-01-9
205-923-4
1 mg/kg
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
601-041-00-2
53-70-3
200-181-8
1 mg/kg
α, α,α,4-tetrachlorotoluene; p-chloro- benzotrichloride
602-093-00-9
5216-25-1
226-009-1
1 mg/kg
α, α,α-trichlorotoluene; benzotrichloride
602-038-00-9
98-07-7
202-634-5
1 mg/kg
α-chlorotoluene;
benzyl chloride
602-037-00-3
100-44-7
202-853-6
1 mg/kg
Formaldehyde
605-001-00-5
50-00-0
200-001-8
75 mg/kg
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid;
di-C 6-8-branched alkylesters, C 7-rich
607-483-00-2
71888-89-6
276-158-1
1 000 mg/kg
(individually or in combina- tion
with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that
are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the
hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive
toxicity, category 1A or 1B
Bis(2-methoxyethyl)
phthalate
607-228-00-5
117-82-8
204-212-6
1 000 mg/kg
(individually or in combina- tion
with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that
are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the
hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive
toxicity, category 1A or 1B
Diisopentylphthalate
607-426-00-1
605-50-5
210-088-4
1 000 mg/kg
(individually or in combina- tion
with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that
are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the
hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive
toxicity, category 1A or 1B
Di-n-pentyl
phthalate (DPP)
607-426-00-1
131-18-0
205-017-9
1 000 mg/kg
(individually or in combina- tion
with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that
are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the
hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive
toxicity, category 1A or 1B
Di-n-hexyl
phthalate (DnHP)
607-702-00-1
84-75-3
201-559-5
1 000 mg/kg
(individually or in combina- tion
with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that
are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the
hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive
toxicity, category 1A or 1B
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; 1-methyl-2-pyr- rolidone (NMP)
606-021-00-7
872-50-4
212-828-1
3
000 mg/kg
N,N-dimethylacetamide
(DMAC)
616-011-00-4
127-19-5
204-826-4
3
000 mg/kg
N,N-dimethylformamide; dimethyl formamide (DMF)
616-001-00-X
68-12-2
200-679-5
3
000 mg/kg
1,4,5,8-tetraaminoanthraquinone;
C.I. Dis- perse Blue 1
611-032-00-5
2475-45-8
219-603-7
50
mg/kg
Benzenamine,
4,4′-(4-iminocyclohexa- 2,5- dienylidenemethylene)dianiline hydrochloride; C.I. Basic Red 9
611-031-00-X
569-61-9
209-321-2
50
mg/kg
[4-[4,4′-bis(dimethylamino)benzhydryli-
dene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]di- methylammonium
chloride; C.I. Basic Violet 3 with ≥ 0,1 % of Michler's ketone (EC no. 202-027-5)
612-205-00-8
548-62-9
208-953-6
50
mg/kg
4-chloro-o-toluidinium chloride
612-196-00-0
3165-93-3
221-627-8
30
mg/kg
2-Naphthylammoniumacetate
612-071-00-0
553-00-4
209-030-0
30
mg/kg
4-methoxy-m-phenylene diammonium sulphate;
2,4-diaminoanisole sulphate
612-200-00-0
39156-41-7
254-323-9
30
mg/kg
2,4,5-trimethylaniline
hydrochloride
612-197-00-6
21436-97-5
—
30
mg/kg
Quinoline
613-281-00-5
91-22-5
202-051-6
50
mg/kg
This restriction will enter into force on 1 November 2020, and will have a huge impact on the textile, clothing and footwear industry. STQ remind you pay high attention on it and make sure your products meet the new requirements.
Further Information: (EU) 2018/1513