FRANCE: List of substances concerned by the Tax on Diffuse Pollution for 2025

Introduced by the law for water and aquatic environments No. 2006-1772, French Tax on Diffuse Pollution is collected by the water agencies and offices for the purchase of plant protection products.

The article L.213-10-8 of the Code of Environment defines the tax basis, depending on the active substance content in the products, and sets the tax rate applied, which depends on the substance classification according to the of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 (CLP).

The annex to the order of 22 November 2010 establishes the list of substances subject to the Tax on Diffuse Pollution. This list is updated annually to take into account changes in the classification of substances.

The updated list of substances concerned by the French Tax on Diffuse Pollution, defined in the order of 2 December 2024, has been published in the Official Journal of 18 December 2024. Some modifications have been done in comparison to the list published on 28 December 2023.

A new name for the substance copper oxychloride is added (copper from copper oxychloride (dicopper chloride trihydroxide)), without change of classification, while 2 substances have their status updated further to a change of their hazard class (metiram and zinc metiram).

The new list applies by 1st January 2025.

To download (in French):

Arrêté du 2 décembre 2024 établissant la liste des substances définies à l’article L. 213-10-8

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FRANCE: List of substances concerned by the Tax on Diffuse Pollution for 2024

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