Persistent Organic Pollutants – POPs Regulation

The POPs Regulation bans or restricts the use of persistent organic pollutants in both chemical Products and articles. POPs substances have particularly serious health and environmental properties.

You will find the latest consolidated version of the POPs Regulation from 2024-10-17 below. Consolidation means that the original legal act and all subsequent amendments and corrections have been brought together in a single document.

Amendments and corrections

Amendments and corrections not included in the latest consolidated version of the regulation:

EU-Commission's delegated regulation (EU) 2025/718 amending Annex I to the POPs-regulation as regards perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives. External link.

Find legal acts in EUR-lex

All legal acts are published in the Official Journal of the European Union in EUR-Lex, the online portal to EU law.

The basic Regulation and all amendments and corrections to the POPs Regulation are available in EUR-lex. External link.