TRYGVE MELLVANG TOMREN-BERG @FJERNVARME.NO Norsk Fjernvarme PFAS ban - Challenges and Consequences for District Heating in Norway AUTHORS: MONICA HAVSKJOLD AND OVVIND NILSEN Oslo, 25 September 2023 Norsk Fjernvarme represents 50 Norwegian District Heating and Cooling companies and 80 industry related companies.

US State Class-based PFAS Restrictions in Key Product Sectors US State Broad ban on the use of PFAS in all products Apparel California Colorado Connecticut Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Minnesota New Hampshire New York Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Washington (1/1/2030)* (1/1/2032)* X (1/1/2025) (12/31/2023) Carpets / Rugs X (1/1/2024) (1/1/2023) (1/1/2024) (1/1/2025) (12/31/2024) (7/1/2023) (7/1/2023) Cleaning Products (1/1/2025) Cookware Dental Floss Fabric Treatments Food Packaging (1/1/2025) (1/1/2025) X (1/1/2024) (1/1/2023) (1/1/2025) (7/1/2023) (7/1/2023) (1/1/X2023) (1/1/2024) (12/31/2023) (12/31/2024) (1/1/2022) (1/1/2024) (1/1/2024) (12/31/2022) (1/1/2025) (1/1/2024) (7/1/2023) (1/1/2022) Legend: Green cells indicate earliest implementaion date; textiles category has two green cells because 2023 is the first ban on certain textile articles (indoor upholstered furniture a *Applies to PFAS is all products except where state reguators have determined that PFAS use is essential for health, safety of the functioning of society and where alterna X = Ongoing regulation requiring phase outs and/or alternative assessments Notes on product categories: Apparel: Clothing items intended for regular wear or formal occasions, including footwear.

09/11/2020 Former Opel site in Antwerp is polluted with toxic 'forever chemicals' Monday, 09 November, 2020 EU AFFAIRS WORLD In the headlines Monday, 09 November 2020 BRUSSELS Latest News: Charleroi airport ran at 21% capacity in October...

eurofeu to EUROFEU-Opinion on potential ban of PTFE for sealing materials in sprinklers by UPFAS restriction Status 21/09/2023 1 Building regulations / Sprinkler systems Sprinkler systems are required by law in many buildings to mitigate fire risks, enable the safe evacuation of people and animals and to support safe extinguishing measures by the fire brigade.

** * 41.1.1 CONFEDERATION OF `op EUROPEAN ORL-HNS President Prof Per Caye-Thomasen, professor, consultant Dpt. of ORL-HNS, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet.

Comment on Proposed Restriction of PFAS May 25, 2023 Japan Fluoropolymers Industry Association (JFIA) We, Japan Fluoropolymers Industry Association (JFIA), think that fluoropolymers should be distinguished from the proposed restriction of PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which collectively regulates more than 10,000 of organofluorine compounds (PFAS) on the grouping basis.

Apr 25, 2023 Comment on Proposed Restriction of PFAS Conference of Fluoro-Chemical Product Japan (FCJ) On behalf of chemical manufacturers, we, Conference of Fluoro-Chemical Product Japan (FCJ), have been working tirelessly to comply with national chemical regulations.

SEMI Europe Brussels, 26/05/2023 SEMI Assessment of Proposed Alternative Photoacid Generators (PAGs) SEMI Europe | Rue de la Science 14, 1040 Brussels| EU Transparency Register: 597361847853-70 Tel.: +32 (0) 2 609 53 18 | http://www.semi.org/eu SEMITM Assessment of Alternative PAGs Electronics tab of rest_pfas_appendix_e2_31101_en.xlsx https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/bbcd1314-31cd-ba4b-9d6c-953c542853e8 to Annex E of the Annex XV Report for the Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Restriction Proposal.

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Position paper The general restriction of PFAS endangers the semiconductor industry in Europe and the goals of the European Chips Act as well as the ecological and digital transformation in Germany and Europe!

Application for exemption from EU REACH PFAS control for fluoropolymers (PTFE) Topic: Application for Permanent Exemption for Fluoropolymers (PTFE) Reasons: First, fluoropolymers, i.e., polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), are safe, and they do not have the toxicological and environmental properties associated with any PFAS.Second, the raw material tape and PTFE wrap processed with polytetrafluoroethylene have high and low temperature resistance and corrosion resistance, and there is no substitute at present.

Process Instrumentation & Control Sector Impacts of restrictions of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on process instrumentation & control equipment 22/09/2023 The UK Trade Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology The GAMBICA Association Ltd. | Rotherwick House | 3 Thomas More Street | London | E1W 1YZ | United Kingdom www.gambica.org.uk PFAS uses in process instrumentation & control equipment and impact of restrictions Executive Summary GAMBICA's Process Instrumentation & Control (PIC) sector has provided feedback on the Annex XV restriction report concerning per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

FABES Forschungs-GmbH fr Analytik und Bewertung von Stoffbergngen Investigation Report Modelling on BPAF migration from FKM materials The results of the present investigation report are property of the contracting body.

Proposed REACH restriction on PFAS Comments Confindustria September 2023 Date - Year 1.

Chemische Bestndigkeit von Kunststoffen (c) Brkle GmbH 2022 Wichtig Wichtiger Hinweis Die Tabellen ,,Chemische Bestndigkeit von Kunststoffen", ,,Kunststoffe und ihre Eigenschaften" und "Viskositt von Medien", sowie Angaben zur chemischen Bestndigkeit in den jeweiligen Produktbeschreibungen, wurden aufgrund von Angaben verschiedener Rohstoffhersteller aufgelistet.