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Ref : EIC 230/6/14

24 February 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 181/2014

European Union (EU)* : Exports and Imports of Dangerous Chemicals

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 120/2013 dated 1 February 2013, the European Commission has adopted a Regulation to amend Annex I of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 concerning exports and imports of dangerous chemicals. The concerned chemicals included didecyldimethylammonium chloride, azinphos-methyl, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonates, perfluorooctane sulfonamides, perfluorooctane sulfonyls and chlorate. The Regulation shall apply from 1 May 2014. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 167/2014, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:054:0010:0013:EN:PDF

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anita WONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

*The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.