Executive Order No. 464 of 2 May 2025 banning the import and sale to consumers of clothing, footwear and certain waterproofing agents containing PFAS
- Citation
- BEK nr 464 af 02/05/2025
- Jurisdiction
- DK
- Made by
- Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality (Denmark); supervision by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (1 obligation)
From 1 July 2026 businesses may not import or sell clothing or footwear for private use in which at least one component article contains total fluorine of 50 mg F/kg or more, nor waterproofing agents for such clothing or footwear at or above the same level. Private persons may not import them either.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Apparel, footwear, consumer products
- Markets
- DK
- Entry into force
- 2026-07-01
The measure is total fluorine, not a list of PFAS, and it is applied to each component article of the garment. § 6(3) allows sale from existing business stock until 1 January 2027. § 3(3) exempts reuse and recycling of clothing and footwear and certain personal protective equipment, and § 2 leaves out PFAS already regulated under REACH or the POPs Regulation. The order provides that fluorine shown to come from a substance that is not PFAS does not count, and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency may ask for documentation of that.
§ 3(1) and (2) and § 6(2) of BEK nr 464 af 02/05/2025 (Lovtidende A, 13 May 2025), read from Retsinformation.
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