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5883637 
Technical Report 
Annex XV report: Proposal for identification of a substance of very high concern on the basis of the criteria set out in REACH Article 57 
European Chemicals Agency :: ECHA 
2019 
ECHA 
The Netherlands 
138 
English 
is supplemented by 5883639 Support document for identification of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propionic acid, its salts and its acyl halides (covering any of their individual isomers and combinations thereof) as substances of very high concern because of their hazardous properties which cause probable serious effects to human health and the environment which give rise to an equivalent level of concern to those of CMR1 and PBT/vPvB2 substances (article 57f)
2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propanoic acid, its salts and its acyl halides (covering any of their individual isomers and combinations thereof), further denoted as HFPO-DA, are identified as substances of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) because in water under environmental conditions these substances exist in the form of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propanoate, for which there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to the environment and human health which give rise to an equivalent level of concern to those of other substances listed in points (a) to (e) of Article 57 of REACH.