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News | EU POPs officially add UV-328 restriction clause

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2025-07-24

On July 15, 2025, the European Union published in its official bulletin the revised regulation (EU) 2025/843, which added UV-328 restrictions to Appendix I of the POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. As a result, the number of substances restricted in Part A of Appendix I of the POPs Regulation will reach 31. The revised regulations shall come into effect on the 20th day after they are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

 

The revised regulations add UV-328 restrictions as follows:

2- (2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl) -4,6-di-tert-butylphenol (UV-328)

CAS No:25973- 55-1  EC No:247-384-8

 

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Main control requirements:

 

For the purpose of this article, point (b) of Article 4 (1) applies to substances, mixtures, or articles.

(a) Starting from August 4, 2025, UV-328 concentration ≤ 100 mg/kg (0.01% weight ratio);

(b) Starting from August 4, 2027, UV-328 concentration ≤ 10 mg/kg (0.001% weight ratio);

(c) Starting from August 4, 2029, UV-328 concentration ≤ 1 mg/kg (0.0001% weight ratio).

2. As an exception, items containing UV-328 may be placed on the market and used in the following situations:

(a) Land motor vehicles, until August 4, 2030;

(b) Industrial coatings for land motor vehicles, engineering machinery, and rail transit vehicles, as well as heavy-duty coatings for large steel structures, until August 4, 2030;

(c) Mechanical separator in the blood collection tube, until August 4, 2030;

(d) Cellulose triacetate film in polarizer, until August 4, 2030;

(e) Photographic paper, until August 4, 2030;

(f) Civil and military aircraft, until August 4, 2030;

(g) Spare parts for any of the following devices:

(i) Land motor vehicles;

(ii) Fixed industrial machinery used in agriculture, forestry, and construction;

(iii) LCD displays used in instruments for non-medical analysis, measurement, control, monitoring, testing, production, and inspection;

If UV-328 was originally used for the production of the above equipment, it can continue to be used until the end of its service life or December 31, 2043, whichever is earlier.

(h) Spare parts for any of the following devices:

(i) LCD displays in devices within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746;

(ii) LCD displays used in instruments for analysis, measurement, control, testing, production, and inspection;

If UV-328 was originally used for the production of the above equipment, it can continue to be used until the end of its service life;

(i) If UV-328 was originally used to produce spare parts for civilian and military aircraft, it can continue to be used until December 31, 2030.

3. Articles containing UV-328 that have already been used in the European Union may continue to be used on or before the expiration of the relevant exemptions specified in paragraphs 2 (a) to (i).

 

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