surfactant
Defined in Article 2, Regulation (EU) 2026/405
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For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘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;
Used in (146 places in 37 provisions on 12/11/2026)
Regulation (EU) 2026/405 (146 in 37)
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