No. |
Chemical Substances Group |
Banned use |
Threshold (concentration in each homogeneous material) |
Delivery Ban Time |
1 |
PBBs |
All uses |
0.1% |
Immediate |
2 |
PBDEs |
All uses |
0.1% |
Immediate |
3 |
PCBs, PCTs |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
Immediate |
4 |
Asbestos |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
Immediate |
5 |
Ozone depleting substances |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
Immediate |
6 |
Pentachlorophenol |
Wood processing products, leather, natural fibers |
0.0005% |
Immediate |
7 |
Cadmium and its compounds |
All uses(excluding batteries, packaging materials and exempted uses) |
0.01% |
Immediate |
Batteries, packaging materials |
See table below |
8 |
Hexavalent chromium compounds |
All uses(excluding packaging materials) |
0.1% |
Immediate |
Packaging materials |
See table below |
9 |
Lead and its compounds |
All uses(excluding batteries, packaging materials and exempted uses) |
Plastics, rubber : 0.03% |
Immediate |
Other than plastics, rubber : 0.1% |
Batteries, packaging materials |
See table below |
10 |
Mercury and its compounds |
All uses(excluding batteries, packaging materials and exempted uses) |
0.1% |
Immediate |
Batteries, packaging materials |
See table below |
11 |
Azo dye, pigment |
Mechanical components (excluding ink, toner and CD-R) |
0.003% |
Immediate |
12 |
TBTO |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
01-Apr-2009 |
13 |
TBTs, TPTs |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
01-Apr-2009 |
14 |
Polychlorinated naphthalene(3 or more chlorine) |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
01-Apr-2009 |
15 |
Short chain chlorinated paraffins(C10-13) |
All uses |
0.1% |
Immediate |
16 |
Radioactive substance |
All uses |
Intentional addition |
01-Apr-2009 |
27 |
PFOS and its salts |
All uses(excluding exempted uses) |
0.1% per supplied component |
01-Apr-2009 |
28 |
2-(2H-1,2,3-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol |
Plastics(excluding exempted uses) |
Intentional addition |
01-Apr-2009 |
Banned substance |
Applicable batteries |
Threshold value (per the weight of the battery) |
Date of Ban of Delivery |
Cadmium and its compounds |
Manganese batteries, alkaline batteries, nickel cadmium batteries, alkaline secondary batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries (excluding button cells) |
0.001% |
Immediate |
Batteries other than the above |
0.002% |
Lead and its compounds |
Manganese batteries, alkaline batteries |
0.1% |
Immediate |
Primary batteries other than alkaline or manganese batteries |
0.2% |
Alkaline secondary batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries |
0.4% |
Mercury and its compounds |
Manganese batteries, alkaline batteries, nickel cadmium batteries, alkaline secondary batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries (excluding button cells) |
0.0001% |
Immediate |
Button cells |
2% |
Batteries other than the above |
0.0005% |