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Ref.: EIC 230/6/14

6 December 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 903/2016

European Union (EU)* : Not to Identify Hexamethylene Diacrylate (Hexane-1,6-diol Diacrylate) (HDDA) as a Substance of Very High Concern on the REACH

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 212/2016 dated 26 February 2016, the European Commission has adopted a decision not to identify hexamethylene diacrylate (hexane-1, 6-diol diacrylate) (HDDA) as a substance whose skin sensitising properties cause effects to human health that give rise to an equivalent level of concern pursuant to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2091, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D2091&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
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.