The document DM/4B/COM/002 mandates the requirements for inorganic materials (except metals), especially ceramics, glass, glass-ceramic, and enamel. It introduces new metal release limits for all articles except lip and rim area.
| Parameter | Limit/ (mg/kg) | Test conditions |
| Aluminum (Al) | 1 | Successive migration for 24 h at 22°C in 4% acetic acid |
| Cobalt (Co) | 0.02 | |
| Arsenic (As) | not detectable (acceptable limit of quantitation 0.002) |
-No technical change from the old note (just updating references of regulation)
-For rubber, the French decree 9/11/1994 is still valid. The European Regulation (EC) No 10/2011 is applicable to plastics and plastic layers in complex materials
The document DM/4B/COM/004 mandates the requirements for organic material made of plant fibers, especially paper and board, with or without coating.
-No technical change from the old note (just updating references of regulation)
In the scope of these documents, tablecloth has been removed from the exemption as FCM of the old note. Consequently such products are now considered as FCM irrespective from the materials they are made from.
A summary of all French recommendations related to FCMs are given in Table 1.
| References | Scope |
| NI 2014-108 | General requirements |
| DM/4B/COM/001-v01 | Metal |
| DM/4B/COM/002-v01 | Ceramic/glass/enamel/crystal |
| DM/4B/COM/003-v01 | Plastic/ Complex materials/ Rubber |
| DM/4B/COM/004-v01 | Paper & board/ Paper and board with coating |
| NI 2012-93 | Wood |
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