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Commission Regulation (EC) No 551/2009 of 25 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents, in order to adapt Annexes V and VI thereto (surfactant derogation) (Text with EEA relevance)
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By way of derogation granted in accordance with Articles 4-6 and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12(2), the following detergent surfactants, which pass the tests stipulated in Annex II, but which fail the tests stipulated in Annex III, may be placed on the market and used subject to the limitations mentioned below.
Name in the IUPAC nomenclature | EC Number | CAS number | Limitations |
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Alcohols, Guerbet, C16-20, ethoxylated, n-butyl ether (7-8EO) | None (polymer) | 147993-59-7 | May be used for the following industrial applications until 27 June 2019:
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“NLP” means No-Longer Polymer. The term polymer is defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006(3) of the European Parliament and of the Council. The NLP number can be obtained from the list of “No-Longer Polymers”, as amended(4).”
The following detergent surfactants have been identified as not complying with the provisions of this Regulation:
Name in the IUPAC nomenclature | EC Number | CAS number | Limitations |
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The “EC number” means the Einecs, ELINCS or NLP number and is the official number of the substance within the European Union.”
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006, ISSN 1018-5593 EUR 22543 EN.
OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3.
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007, ISSN 1018-5593 EUR 20853 EN/3.’
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