Table 2.

Environmental chapters, relevant criteria and related scores.

Environmental chapter	Pass level 1	Factor
Biodegradation	Readily biodegradable/not persistent	0.25
	Biodegradable/not persistent	0.5
	Partly biodegradable/potential persistent	0.75
	Poorly biodegradable/persistent	1
Bioaccumulation	Bioaccumulation factor (BCF) <500	0.25
	Bioaccumulation factor (BCF) ≥500 ‐ <2000	0.5
	Bioaccumuation factor (BCF) ≥2000 ‐ <5000	0.75
	Bioaccumulation factor (BCF) >5000	1
Acute aquatic toxicity	EC50 > 100 mg/L or >water solubility	0.25
	EC50 ≤ 100 ‐ ≥10 mg/L	0.5
	EC50 ≤ 10 ‐ ≥1 mg/L	0.75
	EC50 < 1 mg/L	1
	EC50 10 times lower as previously	+0.25
Chronic aquatic toxicity	NOEC/EC10 ≥ 10 mg/L	0.25
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 10 ‐ ≥1 mg/L	0.5
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 1 ‐ ≥0.1 mg/L	0.75
	NOEC/EC10 < 0.1 ‐ ≥0.01 mg/L	1
	NOEC/EC10 10 times lower as previously	+0.25
Chronic terrestrial toxicity	NOEC/EC10 ≥ 1000 mg/kg dw	0.25
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 1000 ‐ ≥100 mg/kg dw	0.5
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 100 ‐ ≥10 mg/kg dw	0.75
	NOEC/EC10 < 10 ‐ ≥1 mg/kg dw	1
	NOEC/EC10 10 times lower as previously	+0.25
Sediment toxicity	NOEC/EC10 ≥ 1000 mg/kg dw	0.25
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 1000 ‐ ≥100 mg/kg dw	0.5
	NOEC/EC10 ≤ 100 ‐ ≥10 mg/kg dw	0.75
	NOEC/EC10 < 10 ‐ ≥1 mg/kg dw	1
	NOEC/EC10 10 times lower as previously	+0.25

EC₁₀/EC₅₀ – effect level at 10 and 50%, respectively; NOEC – No Observed Effect Concentration; dw – dry weight.

¹Readily biodegradable: readily biodegradable according to OECD criteria.