EU REACH – EU Commission Publishes Draft Restriction on Substances in Clothing and other Textile Products

Substances

CAS No

Proposed Restriction

Cadmium and its compounds

-

≤ 1 mg/kg (extractable Cd metal)

Chromium VI compounds

-

≤ 1 mg/kg (extractable Cr VI)

Arsenic compounds

-

≤ 1 mg/kg (extractable As metal)

Lead and its compounds

-

≤ 1 mg/kg (extractable Pb metal)

Benzene

71-43-2

≤ 5 mg/kg

Benz[a]anthracene

56-55-3

≤ 1 mg/kg

Benz[e]acephenanthrylene

205-99-2

≤ 1 mg/kg

Benzo[a]pyrene;

Benzo[def]chrysene

50-32-8

≤ 1 mg/kg

Benzo[e]pyrene

192-97-2

≤ 1 mg/kg

Benzo[j]fluoranthene

205-82-3

≤ 1 mg/kg

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

207-08-9

≤ 1 mg/kg

Chrysene

218-01-9

≤ 1 mg/kg

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene

53-70-3

≤ 1 mg/kg

α,α,α,4-tetrachlorotoluene;

p-chlorobenzotrichloride

5216-25-1

≤ 1 mg/kg

α,α,α-trichlorotoluene; benzotrichloride

98-07-7

≤ 1 mg/kg

α-chlorotoluene; benzyl chloride

100-44-7

≤ 1 mg/kg

Formaldehyde

50-00-0

≤ 75 mg/kg

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid; di-C 6-8-branched alkylesters, C 7-rich

71888-89-6

≤ 1000 mg/kg

(individually or in combination with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the hazard classes carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B)

Bis(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate

117-82-8

Diisopentylphthalate

605-50-5

Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPP)

131-18-0

Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP)

84-75-3

N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone;

1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)

872-50-4

≤ 3000 mg/kg

N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC)

127-19-5

≤ 3000 mg/kg

N,N-dimethylformamide;

Dimethyl formamide

68-12-2

≤ 3000 mg/kg

1,4,5,8-tetraaminoanthraquinone;

C.I. Disperse Blue 1

2475-45-8

≤ 50 mg/kg

Benzenamine,4,4'-(4-iminocyclohexa-2,5- dienylidenemethylene)dianiline hydrochloride;

C.I. Basic Red 9

569-61-9

≤ 50 mg/kg

[4-[4,4'-bis(dimethylamino)benzhydrylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]dimethylammonium chloride;

C.I. Basic Violet 3 with ≥ 0,1 % of Michler's ketone (EC no. 202-027-5)

548-62-9

≤ 50 mg/kg

4-chloro-o-toluidinium chloride

3165-93-3

≤ 30 mg/kg

2-Naphthylammoniumacetate

553-00-4

≤ 30 mg/kg

4-methoxy-m-phenylene diammonium sulphate;

2,4-diaminoanisole sulphate

39156-41-7

≤ 30 mg/kg

2,4,5-trimethylaniline hydrochloride

21436-97-5

≤ 30 mg/kg

Quinoline

91-22-5

≤ 50 mg/kg