The PIC Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council governs the trade of certain hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted in the EU. It places obligations on companies that wish to export these chemicals to non-EU countries or import them into the EU.
The European Commission annually updates PIC Annex I, which lists the chemicals subject to export notification and explicit consent from the importing country.
This last Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3199 of 15 October 2024 amends PIC Regulation listing some pesticides and industrial chemicals.
Indeed, the latest substances listed in Annex I include 35 pesticides and 5 substances used ad industrial chemicals. It shall apply from 1 March 2025.
The new substances added in Annex I, Part 1, subject to the export notification procedure, are:
The status of the substances cyanamide, Terbufos and warfarin has been updated:
Most of the newly added substances (38), except Abamectin CAS 71751-41-2 and Difenacoum CAS 56073-07-5, are included both in p
art 1 and 2 of Annex I. Therefore, they are subject to the additional requirement of explicit consent (the exporter’s DNA receiving a statement from the authorities of the importing country to show that they agree to the import).
Once the amendment enters into force, the export of cyanamide and warfarin, already listed in Annex I, will need an explicit consent in addition to export notification as the other substances in Annex I, Part 2.
Instead, Terbufos is deleted from Part 2 and added in Part 3.
A subgroup of PFAS, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, is added to Annex V of PIC which contains chemicals with an export ban.
From 1 March 2025, EU exporters are required to notify their intention to export 40 additional hazardous chemicals.
38 substances also need an explicit consent from importing countries before the export can take place.
PIC now includes 321 entries. Check your substances!
