Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms. POPs are regulated globally under the Stockholm Convention and the Aarhus Protocol. In the EU, these international treaties are enforced through the POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

 

 

Dechlorane Plus, UV-328 and methoxychlor

The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention adopted amendments to Annex A to list Methoxychlor, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 in the annex at the eleventh meeting from 1 to 12 May 2023.
The Annex of EU-POPs was also amended/ is going to be amended by the following Delegated Regulations:

 

 

 

All our Shimadzu products which Shimadzu Europa distributes in the EU are compliant to EU POPs Regulation with these amendments.