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CHAPTER 1 5.2 5.2 Chemical status – priority substances

The WFD specifies a list of Priority Substances and other pollutants
that must be taken into account in status classification.

Table 1.8
Priority substances and other pollutants listed in the 2013 Directive amending the original WFD

No Name of substance No Name of substance

1 Alachlor 24 Nonylphenols (4-Nonylphenol)

2 Anthracene 25 Octylphenols ((4-(1,1′,3,3′-tetramethylbutyl)-
phenol))
3 Atrazine
26 Pentachlorobenzene
4 Benzene
27 Pentachlorophenol
5 Brominated diphenylethers
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Cadmium and its compounds (depending on Benzo(a)pyrene
6
water hardness classes) Benzo(b)fluoranthene
28
6a Carbon tetrachloride Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
7 C10-13 Chloroalkanes Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

8 Chlorfenvinphos 29 Simazine
9 Chlorpyrifos (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl) 29a Tetrachloroethylene

Cyclodiene pesticides: Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin, 29b Trichloroethylene
9a
Isodrin
30 Tributyltin compounds (Tributyltin-cation)
9b DDT total
31 Trichlorobenzenes
para-para- DDT
32 Trichloromethane
10 1,2-Dichloroethane
33 Trifluralin
11 Dichloromethane
34 Dicofol
12 Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its
13 Diuron 35 derivatives (PFOS)
14 Endosulfan 36 Quinoxyfen

15 Fluoranthene 37 Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds

16 Hexachlorobenzene 38 Aclonifen
17 Hexachlorobutadiene 39 Bifenox

18 Hexachlorocyclohexane 40 Cybutryne

19 Isoproturon 41 Cypermethrin
20 Lead and its compounds 42 Dichlorvos

21 Mercury and its compounds 43 Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)

22 Naphthalene 44 Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide
23 Nickel and its compounds 45 Terbutryn

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