Worldwide Customs & Regulatory Updates


EU Ban Biocide Dimethylfumarate (DMF) as of May 1 2009

Effective May 1, 2009 until March 15, 2010, all products containing biocide dimethylfumarate (DMF) will be banned from the European market. This ban is applied to 27 European Community countries and the European Free Trade Association countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

For more information:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:074:0032:0034:EN:PDF