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=Craee eba s DeJar T EER us Es5 eees "Thanks for sending this to us (as well as the UPFAS colleagues). We will have limited `opportunity to consider before the AFFF proposal is submitted,butthese kinds of discussions will be a very important part of the proposal's evaluation - particularly in termsofthe effectivenessof the measure (targeting and proportionality). As you already Cras. know, you'd needeto stubmitathisrinforymatioon (orr sinmilair) in the Yours, - ------ Office/r Restriction Process Coordinator Risk Management I / D3 European Chemicals Agency P.O. Box 400, F1-00121 Helsinki, Finland nae8 soareparesent thea th gy,Togepol playaves ecthhrtad1a ntnaofdlefomtoo f the te Eron ntl hei toi ERE bryom:I Sent: 06 December 2021 20:10 Subject: PFAS definition oc[I x Following on from your "firefighting foams" presentation at the Safer Chemicals Conference in October, we'd like to share with you some work we have been doing in CropLife Europe on general "arrowhead" substances (e.g. slide 8 of your presentation), at the shortest end of the new PFAS definition. These single CF2/CF3 functional groups are important in engineering the properties of active substances in agchem, pharma, etc. The attached document has also been shared with the five Member States who are working on preparing the broad PFAS restriction. We'd also like to make you aware that based on this information from the literature, CropLife Europe companies are currently exploring the option to experimentally confirm with radiolabelled test items that a CF3-group containing substance is not per se persistent, and that certain CF3-groups can be degraded. Should you like more information, don't hesitate to contact CropLife. Kind regards, This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the designated recipient, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the original and any copies. Any use of the message by you is prohibited. Syngenta seeks to preserve and promote competition and deter anticompetitive conduct. All our employees and partners are required to act in accordance with laws and Syngenta "Code of Conduct"