Prepare Now for EU Positive Lists Under the Drinking Water Directive!

These EU-wide lists—introduced under the updated Drinking Water Directive (DWD) (2020/2184)—mark a major shift from national approvals to centralised, harmonised authorisation across the EU.

That means everyone in the value chain—suppliers, compounders, converters, and manufacturers—must act:

• Check your starting substances now
• Prepare your Notification of Intention in IUCLID (2025)
• Follow up with your full DWD Application (2026)

Missing these steps may cost you the right to supply or use key substances in drinking water applications after the transition period.

Download the full PVC4Pipes guidance document to learn:

• What the Positive Lists are—and how they work
• How to ensure continued compliance
• Key deadlines and responsibilities for every part of the value chain
  
  

Download guidance document

Questions?

For starting substances, compositions, and constituents in PVC pipe manufacture:
vincent.stone@plasticseurope.org

For Drinking Water Directive implementation:
caroline.braibant@plasticseurope.org