Revised PAH Requirement to GS Certification (Details from ITS)

The Board for Technical Work Equipment and Consumer Products (AtAV) has demanded that the consideration of the test for PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) for the GS certification of products has to be mandatory in Nov 2007. ZLS has confirmed a revised PAH requirement, ZEK01.4-08, which supersedes the document ZEK 01.2-08/ZEK 01.3-08 on 29 Nov 2011. 

The major revision of ZEK01.4-08 is adding 2 more substances to the existing 16 substances, resulting in 18 substances totally.

- NAPHTHALENE

- ACENAPHTHYLENE

- ACENAPHTHENE

- FLUORENE

- PHENANTHRENE

- ANTHRACENE

- FLUORANTHENE

- PYRENE

- CHRYSENE

- BENZO(a)ANTHRACENE

- BENZO(b)FLUORANTHENE

- BENZO(k)FLUORANTHENE

- BENZO(j)FLUORANTHENE

- BENZO(a)PYRENE

- BENZO(e)PYRENE

- INDENO(l,2,3-cd)PYRENE

- DIBENZO(a,h)ANTHRACENE

- BENZO(g,h,i)PERYLENE        

 

Transition Regulations:

- At the award of the GS mark for products this document ZEK01.4-08 is mandatory from 1^st July, 2012
  onwards. The documents ZEK01.2-08 are getting invalid from 1^st July, 2012.

- Those GS certificates issued before 1^st July, 2012 not updated with ZEK01.4-08 evaluation will have to
   be cancelled on 1^st July, 2013.

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