EU Amends POPs Regulation to Restrict Chlorpyrifos

Targeted audience	EU/EEA manufacturers, EU/EEA importers and their upstream providers
Products concerned	Substances, mixtures, articles
Key industries concerned with this insight	Textiles
Application date	30 September 2026
Main content or requirements	On 10 September 2026, the EU amended the POPs Regulation Annex I Part A by adding a new entry to restrict chlorpyrifos in substances, mixtures and articles placed on the EU market. The chlorpyrifos content limit is 0.01 mg/kg (0.000001%)
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On 10 September 2026, the European Commission published Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1423 to add a new entry to Part A of Annex I to the EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, which restricts chlorpyrifos (CAS No. 2921-88-2) in substances, mixtures and articles placed on the EU market. The amendment shall enter into force and apply on 30 September 2026.

Requirement

The chlorpyrifos content limit in substances, mixtures and articles is 0.01 mg/kg (0.000001%).

Usage

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide, acaricide, and miticide used primarily to control foliage and soil-borne insect pests. Chlorpyrifos is highly toxic, and there is strong evidence in humans that prenatal exposure causes adverse effects on neurodevelopment, and that there is no safe dose of exposure. In May 2025, the substance was listed in Annex A to the UN Stockholm Convention, and it was decided that the production and use of the substance shall be eliminated globally.

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