Germany PAHs Requirements updated to the 2019 version
On May 15, 2019, the German Product Safety Commission (AfPS) announced the new standard AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK (Previous version AfPS GS 2014:01 PAK) for products requiring GS certification. The new standard came into effect on July 1, 2020, and AfPS GS 2014:01 PAK will be expired after June 30, 2020.
The mainly changes are:
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Three items (Acenaphthene, CAS No. 83-32-9), (Acenaphthylene,CAS No. 208-96-8), (Fluorene, CAS No. 86-73-7) were deleted and 15 items were updated accordingly from the previous 18 items;
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And the categories to this standard compared as below:
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AfPS GS 2014:01 PAK |
AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK |
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Category 1 |
Materials intended to be put in the mouth, or materials of toy with intended long-term skin contact (longer than 30 seconds) |
Materials intended to be placed into the mouth, or Materials in toys or articles for children up to 3 years of age with intended long-term skin contact (more than 30 s)* |
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Category 2 |
Materials not covered by Category 1, with foreseeable skin contact for longer than 30 seconds (long-term skin contact) or repeated short-term skin contact* |
Materials that do not fall into Category 1 with intended or foreseeable long-term skin contact (more than 30 s) or repeated short-term skin contact |
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Toys in the scope of 2009/48/EC |
Other products in the scope |
Use by children |
Other consumer products |
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Category 3 |
Materials not covered by category 1 or 2 with foreseeable skin contact up to 30 second(short term skin contact) |
Materials that do neither fall into Category 1 nor 2 with intended or foreseeable short-term skin contact (up to 30 s) |
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Toys in the scope of 2009/84/EC |
Other products in the scope |
Use by children |
Other consumer products |
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The products falling into the scope are mainly:
Electrical and electronic products, toys, food packaging materials, plastic products, rubber products and machinery etc. which need to get GS certification.
Limits for PAHs in the new requirement:
| Parameter | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | ||
| Use by children |
Other consumer products |
Use by children |
Other consumer products |
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Benzo[a]pyren |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[e]pyren |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[a]anthracen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[b]fluoranthen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[j]fluoranthen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[k]fluoranthen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Chrysen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Dibenzo[a,h]anthracen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Benzo[ghi]perylen |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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lndeno[1‚2,3-cd]pyren |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.2 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 0.5 mg/kg |
< 1.0 mg/kg |
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Phenanthren Pyren Anthracen Fluoran-then |
<1.0 mg/kg Sum |
<5.0 mg/kg Sum |
< 10.0 mg/kg Sum |
< 20.0 mg/kg Sum |
< 50.0 mg/kg Sum |
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Naphthalin |
<1 mg/kg |
<2 mg/kg |
<2 mg/kg |
< 10 mg/kg |
< 10 mg/kg |
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Sum of 15 PAHs |
<1 mg/kg |
<5 mg/kg |
< 10 mg/kg |
< 20 mg/kg |
< 50 mg/kg |
