Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 restricting PFHxA, its salts and PFHxA-related substances (REACH Annex XVII, entry 79)
- Citation
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2462
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Made by
- European Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (2 obligations)
From 10 October 2026, textiles, leather, furs and hides in clothing and related accessories for the general public, footwear for the general public, and mixtures for the general public may not be placed on the market or used at or above 25 ppb for the sum of PFHxA and its salts, or 1,000 ppb for the sum of PFHxA-related substances, measured in homogeneous material.
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- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Apparel, clothing accessories, footwear, leather, consumer products
- Markets
- EU
- Entry into force
- 2026-10-10
The limit is per homogeneous material, so a garment is measured layer by layer and trim by trim, not as a whole. "Mixtures for the general public" brings consumer waterproofing sprays in on the same date. Paragraph 3 exempts personal protective equipment in risk category III under Regulation (EU) 2016/425 (points (a), (c) to (f), (h) and (l) of its Annex I), medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices and construction textiles. Paragraph 7 exempts articles placed on the market before 10 October 2026. No test method is named; recital 7 says standard methods are still to be developed. The scope wording is "for the general public", so products supplied only to professionals fall outside it.
Annex XVII entry 79, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (d), as inserted by the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 (OJ L, 20.9.2024).
From 10 October 2027, the same limits apply to textiles, leather, furs and hides for the general public other than clothing and related accessories, such as carpets, rugs, curtains, blinds, upholstery, textile wall coverings, tablecloths and bed linen.
No date set Scheduled Adopted, dates set, not yet in force
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Home textiles, carpets, upholstery, textiles, leather
- Markets
- EU
- Entry into force
- 2027-10-10
Recital 17 states that this paragraph covers such textiles also where used in transport, public places and offices. The paragraph 3 exemptions apply here too, and paragraph 8 exempts articles placed on the market before 10 October 2027. This is the last textile date in the instrument: the 2029 date in the same entry concerns firefighting foams only.
Annex XVII entry 79, paragraph 2; the product examples are from recital 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2462.
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