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dossier	COM(2006)242 - Amendment of Annex IV to Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants.
document	COM(2006)242
date	July 18, 2006

ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

List of substances subject to waste management provisions set out in article 7

Substance	CAS No	EC No	Concentration limit referred to in Article 7(4)(a)
Aldrin	309-00-2	206-215-8	50 mg/kg
Chlordane	57-74-9	200-349-0	50 mg/kg
Dieldrin	60-57-1	200-484-5	50 mg/kg
Endrin	72-20-8	200-775-7	50 mg/kg
Heptachlor	76-44-8	200-962-3	50 mg/kg
Hexachlorobenzene	118-74-1	200-273-9	50 mg/kg
Mirex	2385-85-5	219-196-6	50 mg/kg
Toxaphene	8001-35-2	232-283-3	50 mg/kg
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	1336-36-3 and others	215-648-1	50 mg/kg (1)
DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane)	50-29-3	200-024-3	50 mg/kg
Chlordecone	143-50-0	205-601-3	50 mg/kg
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF)			15 μg/kg (2)
The sum of alpha, beta- and gamma-HCH	58-89-9, 319-84-6, 319-85-7	206-270-8, 206-271-3 and 200-401-2	50 mg/kg
Hexabromobiphenyl	36355-01-8	252-994-2	50 mg/kg

(1) Where applicable, the calculation method laid down in European standards EN 12766-1 and EN 12766-2 shall be applied.

(2) The limit is calculated as PCDD and PCDF according to the following toxic equivalency factors (TEFs):

	TEF
PCDD
2,3,7,8-TeCDD	1
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD	1
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD	0,1
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD	0,1
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD	0,1
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD	0,01
OCDD	0,0001
PCDF
2,3,7,8-TeCDF	0,1
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF	0,05
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF	0,5
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF	0,1
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF	0,1
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF	0,1
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF	0,1
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF	0,01
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF	0,01
OCDF	0,0001’