Echa’s Risk Assessment Committee (Rac) adopted an Opinion on the restriction of the flame retardant decaBDE at its June meeting.

decaBDE has been classified by Echa’s Member State Committee as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB). It is the second PBT that Rac considers since HBCDD was added to the authorization list of Annex XIV of REACH in 2011.

It is mainly used in plastics and textiles but uses in adhesives, sealants, coatings and inks are also reported.

The proposed restriction will now continue to be considered by Echa’s Socio-Economic Analysis Committee (Seac).

Conditions of the restriction proposed by Seac are as the following:

Designation of the substance, of the group of substances or of the mixture

Conditions of the restriction

Bis(pentabromophenyl)ether (decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE) CAS No 1163-19-5 EC No 214-604-9

1. Shall not be manufactured, used or placed on the market: o as a substance, o as a constituent of other substances, or in mixtures after [date of entry into force], if the concentration is equal or greater than 0.1 % by weight. 2. Articles or any parts thereof containing decaBDE in concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1 % by weight shall not be placed on the market after [date of entry into force]. 3. By way of derogation, paragraph 2 shall not apply: o to articles placed on the market for the first time before [date of entry into force] o to electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EU 4. By way of derogation, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to manufacture, use and placing on the market for the production, maintenance, repair or modification of any aircraft or article eligible for installation on an aircraft: o produced in accordance with a type certificate or restricted type certificate, issued under Regulation (EU)216/2008, provided the application for such certificate was done before [date of entry into force], or o produced in accordance with a design approval issued under the national regulations of an ICAO contracting State, provided the application for such approval was done before [date of entry into force], or o for which an ICAO contracting State has issued a Certificate of Airworthiness under the provisions of Annex 8 of the Chicago Convention, provided that such State issued the first Certificate of Airworthiness for an aircraft of the same aircraft type before [date of entry into force].

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Further information
Seac's opinion on DecaBDE （English）

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