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In accordance with Column 2 of REACH Annexes VIII and IX, the adsorption/desorption screening study (section 9.3.1) and further information on adsorption/desorption (section 9.3.3), respectively, do not need to be conducted if the substance and its relevant degradation products decompose rapidly. Based on the results of the biodegradability study, the substance is considered to meet this criteria and as such the registrant proposes to omit this study. In addition the screening method cannot be conducted because the HPLC method is not technically feasible for organotin substances.

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Organic carbon normalised adsorption/desorption coefficient (Koc) of the parent substance is 1.533E5 L/kg (corrected log Koc = 5.19) utilising software KOCWIN Version 2.0 (EPI Win 4.0) by US EPA and Syracuse Research Corporation. However, the adsorption/desorption of the parent substance may be regarded as irrelevant, as the substance rapidly decomposes upon contact with water which would occur in soil, sediments, or wastewater biosolids. The organic carbon-normalised adsorption coefficient was estimated for the expected daughter product, 2 -ethylhexylthioglycolate, using the QSAR based on first order molecular connectivity index. The estimated log Koc is 2.56 (Koc = 359.5 L/kg) for this daughter product. Thus, the relevant component/degradation product of the substance will have low affinity for adsorption to soil, sediment, and wastewater biosolids.