EU regulatory developments Main concerns of PFOA and its’ regulatory developments in Europe from an environmental point of view are well summarized in Environmental Sciences Europe 2012, 24:16  doi:10.1186/2190-4715-24-16. The electronic version of this article is found online at “enveurope.com/content/24/1/16.” On October 17, 2014 Germany submitted a restriction proposal for PFOA (CAS 335-67-1) to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). In their proposal, Germany suggests that PFOA and its salts shall not be manufactured, used or placed on the market as a substance on its own, constituent of other substance, in a mixture or in articles. By submitting the dossier Germany suggests to include PFOA on Annex XV of the European chemical regulation REACH. The dossier was prepared as a joint project of Germany and Norway. The final deadline for submitting comments on the proposed restriction is 17 June 2015. The Environmental Agency of Norway has published the Regulation FOR-2013-05-27-550, which bans the use of Perflurooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and esters in textiles and other consumer products. PFOA limits include: 0.001 per cent PFOA in a mixture, 1.0 ug/m2in textiles and 0.1 per cent of other products’ constituent parts’. These limits have been implemented as of July 1, 2014 with the exception of some specific articles for which the new rules will apply January 1, 2016. The prohibitions do not affect food packaging, food contact materials, and medical devices. For further reading, Click here for definition of PFOA. Click here for regulatory status in limiting the commercial use of PFOA in USA. Click here for Luvantix ADM’s PFOA free products. Frequent Questions on PFOA and Fluorinated Telomers