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1 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 1 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 1 ALKYLPHENOLS (AP) / ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES (APEO) 1 Nonylphenol NP various GC-MS and LC-MS Not detected, detection limit: 2 Octylphenol OP various < 10 mg/kg 3 Nonylphenol Ethoxylates NPEO various 4 Octylphenol Ethoxylates OPEO various 100 mg/kg CHEMICAL GROUP 2 AZO DYES (which by reductive cleavage release one or more aromatic amines listed below) 1 4-Aminobiphenyl mg/kg Textiles: 2 Benzidine EN : Chloro-o-toluidine AAB: 4 2-Naphthylamine EN : o-aminoazotoluene Leather: 6 5-Nitro-o-toluidine ISO/TS Chloroaniline ,4-Diaminoanisole ,4'-Diaminodiphenylmethane MDA ,3'-Dichlorobenzidine ,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine ,3'-Dimethylbenzidine ,4'-Methylenedi-o-toluidine p-cresidine ,4'-Methylene-bis-(2-Chloroaniline) ,4'-Oxydianiline ,4'-Thiodianiline o-toluidine ,4-Toluenediamine TDA ,4,5-Trimethylaniline o-anisidine ,4-Xylidine ,6-Xylidine Aminoazobenzene 4-AAB

2 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 2 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 3 DISPERSE DYES (which are classified to be allergenic) 1 Disperse Blue mg/l, DIN Disperse Yellow detection limit: 3 Disperse Blue < 1 mg/l 4 Disperse Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Brown Disperse Orange Disperse Orange Disperse Orange 37/76/ Disperse Orange Disperse Red Disperse Red Disperse Red Disperse Yellow Disperse Yellow Disperse Yellow Disperse Yellow Disperse Yellow CHEMICAL GROUP 4 DYES (which are classified to be carcinogenic) 1 Acid Red mg/l, DIN Basic Red detection limit: 3 Basic Violet < 1 mg/l 4 Direct Red Direct Black Direct Blue Disperse Blue Disperse Orange Disperse Yellow Basic Violet % (1000 mg/kg) 11 Basic Blue

3 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 3 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 5 BIOCIDES 1 Triclosan Usage ban Extraction using organic solvent (methylene chloride), determination by GC-MS or LC-MS Usage ban, Extraction using organic solvent 2 Dimethylfumarate DMFu detection limit: < 0.1 mg/kg (ethylacetate), determination by GC-MS or LC-MS 3 Benzalkonium chloride BAC Not detected, detection limit: < 5 mg/kg, sum C8-C18 Extraction, quantification by LC-MS/MS 4 Pentachlorophenol PCP Tetrachlorophenol TeCP mg/kg 6 o-phenylphenol OPP mg/kg Printed Polyester: extraction with ASE or alkaline, sample preparation and determination according to method Par. 64 LFGB with GC-MS Textiles and Leather: extraction, sample preparation and determination according to method Par. 64 LFGB with GC-MS CHEMICAL GROUP 6 CHLORINATED ORGANIC CARRIERS (COC) 1.0 mg/kg ( total ) Extraction with dichloromethane, 1 Chlorobenzenes Various determination by GC-MS 2 Chlorotoluenes Various

4 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 4 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 7 CHLORINATED PARAFFINS 1 Short chain chlorinated paraffins (C10 - C13) SCCP mg/kg Extraction with organic solvent, screening with GC-ECD, determination by GC-MS-NCI CHEMICAL GROUP 8 FLAME RETARDANTS 1 Tris-(2,3-dibromopropyl)-phosphate TRIS Not detected (detection limit: Extraction with MeOH, LC-MS 2 Tris(aziridinyl)-phosphineoxide TEPA 50 mg/kg) Extraction with KOH, Headspace/ GC-MS 3 Polybromobiphenyls PBB Bis(2,3-dibromopropylether) of BDBPT tetrabromobisphenol Bis(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate BBP Octabromodiphenyl Ether OctaBDE Solvent extraction, GC-MS 7 Pentabromodiphenyl Ether PentaBDE Decabromodiphenyl Ether DecaBDE Hexabromocyclododecane HBCDD Tris-(2-chloroethyl)-phosphate TCEP Boric Acid % (1000 mg/kg) Acid digestion followed by ICP analysis CHEMICAL GROUP 9 FORMALDEHYDE 1 Formaldehyde mg/kg Textiles : baby articles 75 mg/kg Textiles : with direct skin contact 300 mg/kg Textiles : without direct skin contact 50 mg/kg Leather & Shoes : children <36 months 150 mg/kg Leather & Shoes ISO :2011 ISO/TS , analysis with HPLC

5 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 5 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 10 - PART 1 HEAVY METALS - EXTRACTABLE, SOLUBLE & RELEASABLE - PART 1 Applicable for Textiles & Trims for Babywear 1 Antimony Sb mg/kg 30 mg/kg 2 Arsenic As mg/kg 1.0 mg/kg 3 Cadmium Cd mg/kg 0.1 mg/kg 4 Chromium Cr mg/kg 2.0 mg/kg 5 Cobalt Co mg/kg 4.0 mg/kg 6 Copper *) Cu mg/kg *) 50 mg/kg *) 7 Lead Pb mg/kg 1.0 mg/kg 8 Mercury Hg mg/kg 0.02 mg/kg 9 Nickel Ni mg/kg 4.0 mg/kg Applicable for Leather Items Not detected, detection limit: < 3 mg/kg 1 Chromium (VI) Cr (VI) EN ISO after aging, aging conditions: 24 H/ 80 degrees C./ 20% r.h. others Extraction with acid perspiration according to EN ISO 105-E04 *) No requirements for accessories made from metallic materials CHEMICAL GROUP 10 - PART 2 HEAVY METALS - EXTRACTABLE, SOLUBLE & RELEASABLE - PART 2 Applicable for Toys Category I Category II Category III Solid materials which may leave residues on the hands Fluid or viscous materials which can be ingested or have skin contact Solid materials which can be ingested by biting, tooth scraping, sucking or licking 1 Aluminium Al mg/kg 1406 mg/kg mg/kg Extraction with simulated gastric 2 Antimony Sb mg/kg 11.3 mg/kg 560 mg/kg solution acc. to EN 71-3: Arsenic As mg/kg 0.9 mg/kg 47 mg/kg 4 Barium Ba mg/kg 375 mg/kg mg/kg 5 Boron B mg/kg 300 mg/kg mg/kg 6 Cadmium Cd mg/kg 0.3 mg/kg 17 mg/kg 7 Chromium (III) Cr (III) mg/kg 9.4 mg/kg 460 mg/kg 8 Chromium (VI) Cr (VI) mg/kg mg/kg 0.2 mg/kg 9 Cobalt Co mg/kg 2.6 mg/kg 130 mg/kg 10 Copper Cu mg/kg 156 mg/kg 7700 mg/kg 11 Lead Pb mg/kg 3.4 mg/kg 160 mg/kg 12 Manganese Mn mg/kg 300 mg/kg mg/kg 13 Mercury Hg mg/kg 1.9 mg/kg 94 mg/kg 14 Nickel Ni mg/kg 18.8 mg/kg 930 mg/kg 15 Selenium Se mg/kg 9.4 mg/kg 460 mg/kg 16 Strontium Sr mg/kg 1125 mg/kg mg/kg 17 Tin Sn mg/kg 3750 mg/kg mg/kg 18 Organic Tin Sn various 0.9 mg/kg 0.2 mg/kg 12 mg/kg 19 Zinc Zn mg/kg 938 mg/kg mg/kg

6 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 6 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 10 - PART 3 HEAVY METALS - EXTRACTABLE, SOLUBLE & RELEASABLE - PART 3 Applicable for Garment Components 1 Antimony Sb mg/kg including: Press studs, Extraction with simulated gastric 2 Arsenic As mg/kg Eyelets, Velcro, Zippers, solution acc. to EN 71-3: Barium Ba mg/kg Wires, Decorative Labels, 4 Cadmium Cd mg/kg Hook and Eye, Plastic 5 Chromium Cr mg/kg sleeving, Sequins, Beads, 6 Lead Pb mg/kg Pearls, Diamantes, Buttons 7 Mercury Hg mg/kg 8 Selenium Se mg/kg CHEMICAL GROUP 10 - PART 4 HEAVY METALS - EXTRACTABLE, SOLUBLE & RELEASABLE - PART 4 Applicable for all Metal Items (e.g. earrings, piercings, necklaces, bracelets, chains, anklets, rings, watch straps, buttons, zippers, spectacle frames) 1 Nickel Ni Nickel indication < 0.35 µg/cm²/week < 0.88 µg/cm²/week < 0.5 µg/cm²/week In metal products or parts of products intented to be used for body piercings In metal products or parts of products in direct and prolonged skin contact Spectacle frames and sunglasses intended to come into close and prolonged contact with the skin Rubbing test by CR Nickel release by EN 1811:2011 Abrasion of coated items by EN Nickel release according to EN Abrasion of coated items by EN CHEMICAL GROUP 11 HEAVY METALS - TOTAL CONTENT for all polymer materials: 1 Cadmium Cd Usage ban (e.g. beads, pearls, diamonties (incl. jewellery) EN mg/kg for metal parts of jewellery 2 Chromium Cr mg/kg chromium free tanned leather DIN EN ISO Lead Pb mg/kg 4 Cobalt dichloride Co Textiles, leather, plastic, electronics, packaging Usage ban, detection limit: only for desiccants 1 mg/kg Total metal content by microwave digestion Microwave digestion followed by ICP/MS, calculated from the cobalt content

7 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 7 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 12 ISOCYANATES 1 Hexamethylene diisocyanate HDI mg/kg DIN EN (BVL B ) 2 Isophorone diisocyanate IPDI mg/kg Sample preparation: 3 2,4-Toluene diisocyanate TDI mg/kg 30 minutes ultrasonic extraction with 4 2,6-Toluene diisocyanate TDI mg/kg methylen chloride (40 C) followed by 5 Diphenylmethane diisocyanate MDI mg/kg HPLC detection 6 Tetramethylxylene diisocyanate TMXD mg/kg CHEMICAL GROUP 13 ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS 1 2 Dibutyltin Dioctyltin DBT DOT mg/kg baby articles 1.0 mg/kg baby articles Extraction with ethanol/ determination acc. to 2.0 mg/kg all other articles 2.0 mg/kg all other articles dithioethylcarbamate, ISO Tributyltin TBT mg/kg baby articles 1.0 mg/kg all other articles 4 Triphenyltin TPhT mg/kg baby articles 1.0 mg/kg all other articles CHEMICAL GROUP 14 ph VALUE 1 ph value baby articles and articles with direct skin contact articles without direct skin contact Textiles: ISO 3071, (extraction with Potassium chloride (KCl) solution) Leather : ISO 4045

8 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 8 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 15 PHTHALATES ( this restriction is valid for all articles, for all ages and whether or not designed for, or indeed capable of, being placed in the mouth ) 1 Di-iso-butyl phthalate DIBP % The sum of 15 Phthalates Extraction with organic 2 Di-iso-nonyl phthalate DINP (1000 mg/kg) may not exceed the limit solvents, analysis with 3 Di-(2-ethyl-hexyl) phthalate DEHP GC-MS, LC-MS 4 Di-n-octyl phthalate DNOP Di-iso-decyl phthalate DIDP Butyl-benzyl phthalate BBP Di-butyl phthalate DBP Di-(C7-C11 alkyl) phthalate DHNUP linear and branched Di-(C6-C8 alkyl) phthalate branched DIHP Bis-(2-methoxy-ethyl) phthalate BMEP Di-n-hexyl phthalate DHP ,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dipentylester, branched and linear Di-iso-pentyl phthalate DIPP N-pentyl-iso-pentyl phthalate PIPP Di-pentyl phthalate DPP CHEMICAL GROUP 16 PERFLUORINATED ALKYLATED SUBSTANCES 1 Perfluoro-octane sulphonate PFOS Solvent extraction, 1 µg/m² for all articles 2 Perfluoro-octanoic acid PFOA analysis by LC-MS 3 Perfluorinated Compounds PFC various C&A commits to eliminate the use of all PFCs from all products C&A sells by no later than 1st Jan C&A has already identified and approved chemical companies, which are able to provide chemical products and services, that allow to produce PFC free water repellent equipped products. The list of approved chemical products can be found at C&A GINsite. Any question related to the use of these products to be directed to SBD.

9 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 9 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 17 POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ( PAH ) 1 Benzo[a]pyrene mg/kg for all products Solvent extraction, 2 Sum of 18 PAH *) 10 mg/kg for all products analysis by GC-MS, *) Acenaphtene, Acenaphtylene, Anthracene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(e)pyrene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(j)fluoranthene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Fluoranthene, Fluorene, Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene, Napthalene, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, Chrysene CHEMICAL GROUP 18 POLYMERS & POLYMER AUXILIARIES 1 Polystyrene Usage ban for all dry cleanable items ISO Polyvinyl chloride PVC Forbidden for all articles 3 Formaldehyde, oligomeric reaction products with aniline (technical MDA) mg/kg 4 Bisphenol A BPA Usage ban for all food contact products (e.g. pacifiers, teethers, lunch boxes, drinking bottles) Beilsteintest/ Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Solvent extraction, analysis by HPLC-MS Solvent extraction followed by LC-DAD-MS and/ or LC-Q-TOF

10 C&A - Restricted Substance List (RSL) Page 10 of 10 CHEMICAL GROUP 19 SOLVENTS - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) 1 Benzene mg/kg GC-MS Headspace 2 Ethylbenzene mg/kg 3 Styrene mg/kg 4 Toluene mg/kg 5 Xylene mg/kg 6 Orthoxylene mg/kg 7 Metaxylene mg/kg 8 Paraxylene mg/kg 9 Trichloroethylene mg/kg 10 Tetrachloroethylene mg/kg 11 Cyclohexanone mg/kg 12 Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone MEK mg/kg 13 N,N-Dimethyl formamide DMFa mg/kg 14 Naphthalene mg/kg 15 Acetophenone mg/kg 16 2-Phenyl-2-propanole mg/kg 17 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate Methyl-2-pyrrolidone ,2,3-Trichloropropane ,2-Dichloroethane mg/kg 21 Bis-(2-methoxyethyl) ether N,N-dimethyl acetamide DMAC Formamide CHEMICAL GROUP 20 N-NITROSAMINE & N-NITROSAMINE CONVERTIBLE SUBSTANCES Solvent extraction followed by GC-TEA 1 N-Nitrosamine various 0.01 mg/kg 2 N-Nitrosamine convertible substances various 0.1 mg/kg for a) silencer (e.g. teethers) and baby - soother from elastomer or rubber, for b) toys from natural or synthetic rubber (e.g. balloons) for childs < 36 months, which are intended to be put into the mouth