On 28 April 2023, the European Commission has published Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/866 to amend EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. The amendment has enter into force on 18 May 2023 and shall apply from 18 August 2023.

The amendment mainly lowers the PFOA and its salts content limit in PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) micropowders to 0.025 mg/kg after 18 August 2023. The current limit of 1 mg/kg is only maintained to cover manufacture, placing on the market and use of PFOA and its salts in PTFE micropowders only for the purpose of transport and treatment of PTFE micropowders to reduce the PFOA and its salts below the limit of 0.025 mg/kg.

The following tables are the comparison with the amendment:

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