Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Entry 79

These substances shall not be placed on market, or used, in a concentration:
≥25ppb sum of PFHxA and its salts
≥1000 ppb sum of PFHxA-related substances

Date

Affected products

Exception

1

10/10/2026

(a) textiles, leather, furs and hides in clothing and related accessories for the general public;
(b) footwear for the general public;
(c) paper and cardboard used as food contact materials within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004;
(d) mixtures for the general public;
(e) cosmetic products of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.

(a) personal protective equipment to Regulation (EU) 2016/425;
(b) devices of Regulation (EU) 2017/745;
(c) devices of Regulation (EU) 2017/746;
(d) textiles used as construction textiles;
(e ) articles and mixtures which were placed on the market before 10 October 2026.

2

10/10/2027

In homogeneous material, in textiles, leather, furs and hides, Other than in clothing and related accessories referred to in paragraph 1, for the general public.

Articles which were placed on the market before 10 October 2027.

4

10/04/2026

Firefighting foams and firefighting foam concentrates for training, for testing and for public fire services.

(a) functional testing of the firefighting systems provided that all releases are contained;
(b) where those services intervene at industrial fires at establishments covered by Directive 2012/18/EU and they use the foams and the equipment for that purpose only.
(c ) Substances having a perfluoroalkyl group C6F13- directly attached to a sulphur atom that are prohibited in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.

5

10/10/2029

In firefighting foams and firefighting foam concentrates for civil aviation (including in civilian airports)

Substances having a perfluoroalkyl group C6F13- directly attached to a sulphur atom that are prohibited in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.