All 45 WFD priority substances

chemical substance

In 2013, a new Directive, 2013/39/EC, amended the Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy. Newly identified substances were added, including the setting of environmental quality standards (EQS), and EQS of some existing substances were revised.

Number CAS number (1) EU number (2) Name of priority substance (3) Identified as priority hazardous substance
(1) 15972-60-8 240-110-8 Alachlor  
(2) 120-12-7 204-371-1 Anthracene X
(3) 1912-24-9 217-617-8 Atrazine  
(4) 71-43-2 200-753-7 Benzene  
(5) not applicable not applicable Brominated diphenylethers   X(4)
(6) 7440-43-9 231-152-8 Cadmium and its compounds X
(7) 85535-84-8 287-476-5 Chloroalkanes, C 10-13 X
(8) 470-90-6 207-432-0 Chlorfenvinphos  
(9) 2921-88-2 220-864-4 Chlorpyrifos (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl)  
(10) 107-06-2 203-458-1 1,2-dichloroethane  
(11) 75-09-2 200-838-9 Dichloromethane  
(12) 117-81-7 204-211-0 Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) X
(13) 330-54-1 206-354-4 Diuron  
(14) 115-29-7 204-079-4 Endosulfan X
(15) 206-44-0 205-912-4 Fluoranthene  
(16) 118-74-1 204-273-9 Hexachlorobenzene X
(17) 87-68-3 201-765-5 Hexachlorobutadiene X
(18) 608-73-1 210-168-9 Hexachlorocyclohexane X
(19) 34123-59-6 251-835-4 251-835-4  
(20) 7439-92-1 231-100-4 Lead and its compounds  
(21) 7439-97-6 231-106-7 Mercury and its compounds X
(22) 91-20-3 202-049-5 Naphthalene  
(23) 7440-02-0 231-111-4 Nickel and its compounds  
(24) not applicable not applicable Nonylphenols X(5)
(25) not applicable not applicable Octylphenols(6)  
(26) 608-93-5 210-172-0 Pentachlorobenzene X
(27) 87-86-5 201-778-6 Pentachlorophenol  
(28) not applicable not applicable Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)(7) X
(29) 122-34-9 204-535-2 Simazine  
(30) not applicable not applicable Tributyltin compounds X(8)
(31) 12002-48-1 234-413-4 Trichlorobenzenes  
(32) 67-66-3 200-663-8 Trichloromethane (chloroform)  
(33) 1582-09-8 216-428-8 Trifluralin X
(34) 115-32-2 204-082-0 Dicofol X
(35) 1763-23-1 217-179-8 Perfluorooctane  sulfonic  acid  and its X
(36) 124495-18-7 not applicable Quinoxyfen X
(37) not applicable not applicable Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds X(9)
(38) 74070-46-5 277-704-1 Aclonifen  
(39) 42576-02-3 255-894-7 Bifenox  
(40) 28159-98-0 248-872-3 Cybutryne  
(41) 52315-07-8 257-842-9 Cypermethrin(10)  
(42) 62-73-7 200-547-7 Dichlorvos  
(43) not applicable not applicable Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDD) X(11)
(44)

76-44-8/

200-962-3/ Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide X
(45) 886-50-0 212-950-5 Terbutryn  

(1) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service.

(2) EU-number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS)

(3) Where groups of substances have been selected, unless explicitly noted, typical individual representatives are defined in the context of the setting of environmental quality standards.

(4) Only Tetra, Penta, Hexa and Heptabromodiphenylether (CAS -numbers 40088-47-9, 32534-81-9, 36483-60-0, 68928-80-3, respectively).

(5) Nonylphenol (CAS 25154-52-3, EU 246-672-0) including isomers 4-nonylphenol (CAS 104-40-5, EU 203-199-4) and 4- nonylphenol (branched) (CAS 84852-15-3, EU 284-325-5).

(6) Octylphenol (CAS 1806-26-4, EU 217-302-5) including isomer 4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol (CAS 140-66-9, EU 205-426-2).

(7) Including benzo(a)pyrene (CAS 50-32-8, EU 200-028-5), benzo(b)fluoranthene (CAS 205-99-2, EU 205-911-9), benzo(g,h,i)perylene (CAS 191-24-2, EU 205-883-8), benzo(k)fluoranthene (CAS 207-08-9, EU 205-916-6), indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (CAS 193-39-5, EU 205-893-2) and excluding anthracene, fluoranthene and naphthalene, which are listed separately.

(8) Including tributyltin-cation  (CAS 36643-28-4).

(9) This refers to the following compounds: 7 polychlorinated  dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs): 2,3,7,8-T4CDD (CAS 1746-01-6), 1,2,3,7,8-P5CDD  (CAS 40321-76-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8- H6CDD (CAS 39227-28-6), 1,2,3,6,7,8-H6CDD (CAS 57653-85-7), 1,2,3,7,8,9-H6CDD (CAS 19408-74-3), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-H7CDD (CAS 35822-46-9), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-O8CDD (CAS 3268-87-9)

10 polychlorinated  dibenzofurans  (PCDFs): 2,3,7,8-T4CDF (CAS 51207-31-9), 1,2,3,7,8-P5CDF (CAS 57117-41-6),  2,3,4,7,8-P5CDF (CAS 57117-31-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8-H6CDF (CAS 70648-26-9), 1,2,3,6,7,8-H6CDF (CAS 57117-44-9), 1,2,3,7,8,9-H6CDF  (CAS 72918-

21-9),  2,3,4,6,7,8-H6CDF  (CAS 60851-34-5),  1,2,3,4,6,7,8-H7CDF  (CAS 67562-39-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-H7CDF  (CAS 55673-89-7),

1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-O8CDF  (CAS 39001-02-0) 12 dioxin-like polychlorinated  biphenyls (PCB-DL): 3,3',4,4'-T4CB (PCB 77, CAS 32598-13-3), 3,3',4',5-T4CB (PCB 81, CAS 70362- 50-4), 2,3,3',4,4'-P5CB (PCB 105,  CAS 32598-14-4), 2,3,4,4',5-P5CB (PCB 114,  CAS 74472-37-0), 2,3',4,4',5-P5CB (PCB 118, CAS 31508-00-6), 2,3',4,4',5'-P5CB (PCB 123, CAS 65510-44-3), 3,3',4,4',5-P5CB (PCB 126, CAS 57465-28-8), 2,3,3',4,4',5-H6CB  (PCB 156, CAS  38380-08-4),  2,3,3',4,4',5'-H6CB   (PCB 157, CAS  69782-90-7),  2,3',4,4',5,5'-H6CB   (PCB 167, CAS  52663-72-6), 3,3',4,4',5,5'-H6CB  (PCB 169, CAS 32774-16-6), 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-H7CB  (PCB 189, CAS 39635-31-9).

(10) CAS 52315-07-8 refers to an isomer mixture of cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin (CAS 67375-30-8), beta-cypermethrin (CAS 65731-84-2), theta-cypermethrin (CAS 71697-59-1) and zeta-cypermethrin  (52315-07-8).

(11)  This refers to 1,3,5,7,9,11-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 25637-99-4), 1,2,5,6,9,10- Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 3194-55-6), α-Hexabromocyclododecane  (CAS 134237-50-6), β-Hexabromocyclododecane  (CAS 134237-51-7) and γ Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 134237-52-8).’.