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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref : EIC 230/6/14

11 March 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 184/2015

European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Annexes VIII, IX, X and XVII of REACH

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 796/2014 dated 2 September 2014, the European Commission has adopted two Regulations to amend Annexes VIII, IX, X and XVII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 on REACH regarding the extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalates. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) Nos. 2015/282 and 2015/326, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R0282&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R0326&from=EN

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.
Note 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 can be accessed through
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/subindex/en/Business-Alert-EU/1X2ZT68A/1/0.htm.