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Ref : EIC  230/6/14

4 December 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1153/2015

European Union (EU)* : Public Consultation on Inclusion of Substances in the Authorisation List under REACH

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 688/2015 of 22 July 2015, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) is now conducting a public consultation on its draft recommendation of inclusion of 11 substances in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation). The list of recommended substances and the details of the consultation are available at the press release ECHA/PR/15/15 issued by the ECHA and the relevant consultation webpage, which can be accessed through the following links respectively:
http://echa.europa.eu/view-article/-/journal_content/title/echa-consults-on-11-substances-to-be-proposed-for-authorisation
http://echa.europa.eu/addressing-chemicals-of-concern/authorisation/recommendation-for-inclusion-in-the-authorisation-list

ENQUIRIES

3.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 member countries are 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.