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PIC Factsheet
Chemicals Subject to PIC - Factsheet
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PIC - Prior Informed Consent Regulation
Substances subject to export controls or banned from export from the EU under the PIC Regulation
The PIC Regulation applies to a specific list of chemical substances, and to mixtures containing such chemicals at a concentration triggering labelling obligations under the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, and to articles containing these chemicals in an unreacted form.
The data is presented in two views: PIC Annex Entries, showing the specific entries to Annex I and V of the PIC Regulation; Substances in scope, showing for information only a set of the chemical substances identified as belonging to the PIC Annex Entries. While ECHA makes every effort to keep the substances in scope up to date, for Annex Entries where all substances in scope cannot be listed, for example “Cadmium and its compounds”, note that the chemicals in scope provided do not constitute a comprehensive list.
PIC Annex Entries
The PIC Annex Entries view will show the identity of each Annex Entry, including EC and CAS numerical identifiers where available. The specific Annex Part(s) which apply, the use category, and the use limitation will be shown directly, along with a link to more details per entry.
These details will include the same Annex Part(s), use category, and use limitation currently in force as in the initial view. Where available any regulatory history will also be shown. There will also be an extract of the relevant legislation text (taken at the time the Entry was added to the PIC Regulation), and an overview of the related PIC data for the Entry, giving the counts of Export notifications, Explicit consent or waiver requests, and Import notifications.
Substances in Scope
The Substances in Scope view will show the identity of each substance, including EC and CAS numerical identifiers where available. The specific Annex Part(s) which are calculated to apply, and an indication of whether the substance is itself directly a PIC Annex Entry, or is an identified member of an Annex Entry representing a group substance (e.g. “Cadmium and its compounds”) will also be shown. There will also be a link to more details per substance.
These details will include, where relevant, an indication of why the substance is considered in scope of the PIC Regulation (e.g. “Cadmium succinate” is considered in scope since it is identified as belonging to the group “Cadmium and its compounds”). The same Annex Part(s) will be shown as in the initial view, along with the use category and use limitation. Where available any regulatory history will also be shown. There will also be an extract of the relevant legislation text (taken at the time the related Entry was added to the PIC Regulation), and an overview of the related PIC data for the Substance, giving the count of Export notifications, Explicit consent or waiver requests, and Import notifications.
In both views the data presented come from PIC Regulation Annexes I and V.
Annex I
Annex I lists the chemicals subject to PIC controls, and is divided into three parts that define the different obligations that apply.
Part 1
These are entries subject to an export notification procedure – where the authorities of the destination country are informed of the export. Entries in this Annex Part comprise chemicals that are banned or severely restricted within the EU in at least one of the four use subcategories defined in the PIC Regulation:
- Industrial chemicals for professional use
- Industrial chemicals for consumer use
- Pesticides used as plant protection products
- Other pesticides such as biocidal products
Part 2
These are entries subject to the requirements of Part 2, and in addition the additional requirement that the authorities of the destination country providing a statement to show that they agree to the import, called an explicit consent.
These qualify for PIC notification under the Rotterdam Convention because they are banned or severely restricted within the EU in one of the two use categories defined by the Rotterdam Convention: pesticide or industrial chemical.
Part 3
These are entries which are subject to the export notification requirement, and additionally to the explicit consent, except where an import response is published in the PIC circular of the Rotterdam Convention, and certain criteria are met.
These entries are subject to the PIC procedure as described in the Rotterdam Convention and are listed in Annex III to the Convention itself.
Annex V
Annex V lists the chemicals and articles the use of which is prohibited in the European Union and which shall not be exported. Chemicals and articles listed in Part 1 of Annex V are subject to export ban and belong to the category of persistent organic pollutants; Part 2 of Annex V lists chemicals and articles subject to export ban other than persistent organic pollutants.
User Interface
In all data views, if relevant, it is possible to use the following controls:
- Summary – giving informative counts based on the results presented; either the full dataset or a filtered set of search results.
- Search – allowing filtering by various search criteria. Criteria include:
- Substance identity – search by any substance identifier of any kind (e.g. EC, CAS, Index number, IUPAC, CAS, or other names, etc.)
- PIC Annexes, parts, and legal acts – search by the PIC Annexes and / or parts which apply to a substance, the legal act(s) applicable to a substance, or the dates within which a substance was subject to PIC.
- Use details – search by the use category and / or use limitation (Ban / Restriction) applicable to a substance.
- Multiple search criteria provided will be combined with AND logic, meaning that the search will return results where all of the selected criteria are true.
- Export – allowing the set of results presented to be exported in various formats, XLSX, CSV, or XML.
- Feedback – linking to the appropriate ECHA contact form so questions or comments can be sent to the ECHA helpdesk.
- Help – opening a modal popup window with some information about the data presented and the options to interact with the data.
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Annex | Legal Act | Category | Subcategory | Use Limitation | From | To |
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Annex I Part 2 Annex I Part 1 Annex I Part 1 |
643/2022 |
Industrial Chemicals Industrial Chemicals Industrial Chemicals |
Industrial chemicals for consumer use Industrial chemicals for professional use |
Severely Restricted Severely Restricted Severely Restricted |
Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EEST 2022 |
Annex | Legal Act | Category | Subcategory | Use Limitation | From | To |
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Annex I Part 2 Annex I Part 1 Annex I Part 1 |
643/2022 |
Industrial Chemicals Industrial Chemicals Industrial Chemicals |
Industrial chemicals for consumer use Industrial chemicals for professional use |
Severely Restricted Severely Restricted Severely Restricted |
Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EEST 2022 | |
Annex I Part 1 |
304/2003 |
Industrial Chemicals |
Industrial chemicals for professional use |
Severely Restricted |
Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EET 2003 | Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EEST 2022 |
The use of substance cadmium and of its compounds is severely restricted in the use category “industrial chemical for public use” and also severely restricted in the use category "industrial chemical for professional use" by Regulation (EC) 1907/2006*, Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (RoHS)** and Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (batteries and accumulators)***.
Placing on the market and use of cadmium and its compounds in mixtures, articles, paints and brazing fillers is restricted in accordance with entry 23 of Annex XVII to (*)Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ L 396 30.12.2006 p.1-849);
Cadmium and its compounds:
1. Shall not be used in mixtures and articles produced from the following synthetic organic polymers (hereafter referred to as plastic material):
- polymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride (PVC) [3904 10] [3904 21]
- polyurethane (PUR) [3909 50]
- low-density polyethylene (LDPE), with the exception of low-density polyethylene used for the production of coloured masterbatch [3901 10]
- cellulose acetate (CA) [3912 11]
- cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) [3912 11]
- epoxy resins [3907 30]
- melamine-formaldehyde (MF) resins [3909 20]
- urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins [3909 10]
- unsaturated polyesters (UP) [3907 91]
- polyethylene terephthalate (PET) [3907 60]
- polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
- transparent/general-purpose polystyrene [3903 11]
- acrylonitrile methylmethacrylate (AMMA)
- cross-linked polyethylene (VPE)
- high-impact polystyrene
- polypropylene (PP) [3902 10]
Mixtures and articles produced from plastic material as listed above shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of the plastic material.
By way of derogation, the second subparagraph shall not apply to articles placed on the market before 10 December 2011.
The first and second subparagraphs apply without prejudice to Council Directive 94/62/EC (OJ L 365 31.12.1994 p.10-23) and acts adopted on its basis.
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2. Shall not be used or placed on the market in paints with codes [3208] [3209] in a concentration (expressed as Cd metal) equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight.
For paints with codes [3208] [3209] with a zinc content exceeding 10 % by weight of the paint, the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) shall not be equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight.
Painted articles shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight of the paint on the painted article.
3. By way of derogation, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to articles coloured with mixtures containing cadmium for safety reasons.
4. By way of derogation, paragraph 1, second subparagraph shall not apply to:
- mixtures produced from PVC waste, hereinafter referred to as “recovered PVC”,
- mixtures and articles containing recovered PVC if their concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) does not exceed 0,1 % by weight of the plastic material in the following rigid PVC applications:
(a) profiles and rigid sheets for building applications;
(b) doors, windows, shutters, walls, blinds, fences, and roof gutters;
(c) decks and terraces;
(d) cable ducts;
(e) pipes for non-drinking water if the recovered PVC is used in the middle layer of a multilayer pipe and is entirely covered with a layer of newly produced PVC in compliance with paragraph 1 above.
Suppliers shall ensure, before the placing on the market of mixtures and articles containing recovered PVC for the first time, that these are visibly, legibly and indelibly marked as follows: “Contains recovered PVC” or with the […] pictogram.
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5. For the purpose of this entry, "cadmium plating" means any deposit or coating of metallic cadmium on a metallic surface.
Shall not be used for cadmium plating metallic articles or components of the articles used in the following sectors/applications:
(a) equipment and machinery for:
- food production [8210] [8417 20] [8419 81] [8421 11] [8421 22] [8422] [8435] [8437] [8438] [8476 11]
- agriculture [8419 31] [8424 81] [8432] [8433] [8434] [8436]
- cooling and freezing [8418]
- printing and book-binding [8440] [8442] [8443]
(b) equipment and machinery for the production of:
- household goods [7321] [8421 12] [8450] [8509] [8516]
- furniture [8465] [8466] [9401] [9402] [9403] [9404]
- sanitary ware [7324]
- central heating and air conditioning plant [7322] [8403] [8404] [8415]
In any case, whatever their use or intended final purpose, the placing on the market of cadmium-plated articles or components of such articles used in the sectors/applications listed in points (a) and (b) above and of articles manufactured in the sectors listed in point (b) above is prohibited.
6. The provisions referred to in paragraph 5 shall also be applicable to cadmium-plated articles or components of such articles when used in the sectors/applications listed in points (a) and (b) below and to articles manufactured in the sectors listed in (b) below:
(a) equipment and machinery for the production of:
- paper and board [8419 32] [8439] [8441]
- textiles and clothing [8444] [8445] [8447] [8448] [8449] [8451] [8452]
(b) equipment and machinery for the production of:
- industrial handling equipment and machinery [8425] [8426] [8427] [8428] [8429] [8430] [8431]
- road and agricultural vehicles [chapter 87]
- rolling stock [chapter 86]
- vessels [chapter 89]
7. However, the restrictions in paragraphs 5 and 6 shall not apply to:
- articles and components of the articles used in the aeronautical, aerospace, mining, offshore and nuclear sectors whose applications require high safety standards and in safety devices in road and agricultural vehicles, rolling stock and vessels,
- electrical contacts in any sector of use, where that is necessary to ensure the reliability required of the apparatus on which they are installed.
8. Shall not be used in brazing fillers in concentration equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight.
Brazing fillers shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight.
For the purpose of this paragraph brazing shall mean a joining technique using alloys and undertaken at temperatures above 450 °C.
9. By way of derogation, paragraph 8 shall not apply to brazing fillers used in defence and aerospace applications and to brazing fillers used for safety reasons.
10. Shall not be used or placed on the market if the concentration is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of the metal in:
(i) metal beads and other metal components for jewellery making;
(ii) metal parts of jewellery and imitation jewellery articles and hair accessories, including:
- bracelets, necklaces and rings,
- piercing jewellery,
- wrist-watches and wrist-wear,
- brooches and cufflinks.
11. By way of derogation, paragraph 10 shall not apply to articles placed on the market before 10 December 2011 and jewellery more than 50 years old on 10 December 2011.
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(*) OJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 36.
(**) Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88–110)
(***) Directive 2006/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulator and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC . (OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1-14)