Chapter IGENERAL, Article 2, Point (11) · Regulation (EU) 2026/405

Contents

(1) ‘detergent’ means a substance, mixture or micro-organisms,…
(2) ‘consumer laundry detergent’ means a detergent for laundry…
(3) ‘consumer automatic dishwasher detergent’ means a detergen…
(4) ‘detergent containing micro-organisms’ means a detergent t…
(5) ‘industrial and institutional detergent’ means a detergent…
(6) ‘cleaning’ means the process by which an undesirable depos…
(7) ‘substance’ means a substance as defined in Article 3, poi…
(8) ‘mixture’ means a mixture as defined in Article 3, point (…
(9) ‘micro-organism’ means a micro-organism as defined in Arti…
(10) ‘genetically modified micro-organisms’ means micro-organis…
(11) ‘surfactant’ means any organic substance or mixture contai…
(12) ‘end-user surfactant’ means a surfactant made available on…
(13) ‘ultimate aerobic biodegradation’ means the level of biode…
(14) ‘films’ means water-soluble polymeric films used as deterg…
(15) ‘making available on the market’ means any supply for dist…
(16) ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available o…
(17) ‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person that manu…
(18) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal per…
(19) ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established w…
(20) ‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the sup…
(21) ‘economic operator’ means the manufacturer, authorised rep…
(22) ‘market surveillance’ means the activities carried out and…
(23) ‘market surveillance authority’ means a market surveillanc…
(24) ‘recall’ means a recall as defined in Article 3, point (22…
(25) ‘withdrawal’ means a withdrawal as defined in Article 3, p…
(26) ‘corrective action’ means a corrective action as defined i…
(27) ‘release for free circulation’ means the procedure laid do…
(28) ‘data carrier’ means a data carrier as defined in Article…
(29) ‘unique product identifier’ means a unique product identif…
(30) ‘unique formula identifier’ means a unique formula identif…
(31) ‘unique operator identifier’ means a unique operator ident…
(32) ‘digital product passport’ means a set of data specific to…
(33) ‘digital product passport service provider’ means a digita…
(34) ‘customs authorities’ means customs authorities as defined…
(35) ‘EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System’ me…
(36) ‘individual packaging’ means packaging in which the deterg…
(37) ‘refill’ means the on-site operation by which a detergent…
(38) ‘refill station’ means a place where an economic operator…
(39) ‘model’ means a type of detergent or surfactant all of who…
(40) ‘end-user’ means any natural or legal person residing or e…

(11)‘surfactant’ means any organic substance or mixture contained in or intended to be used in detergents which has surface-active properties, and which consists of one or more hydrophilic and one or more hydrophobic groups of such a nature and size that it is capable of performing all of the following actions:

—reduce the surface tension of water below 45 mN/m,

—form spreading or adsorption monolayers at the water-air interface,

—form emulsions, microemulsions or micelles, or combinations thereof,

—adsorb at water-solid interfaces;