Commercial Information Circular

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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12

20 December 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1126/2018

European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Annex of REACH and Identification of a Substance of Very High Concern

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 1089/2018 dated 6 December 2018, the European Commission has adopted a Regulation to amend Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards the following four phthalates:

1. bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP);
2. dibutyl phthalate (DBP);
3. benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP); and
4. diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).

The Commission has also adopted a Decision to identify 1,7,7-trimethyl-3-(phenylmethylene) bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one (3-benzylidene camphor) as a substance of very high concern pursuant to Article 57 (f) of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 due to its endocrine disrupting properties with probable serious effects to the environment. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/2005 and Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2018/2013, which can be accessed through the following links:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R2005&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018D2013&from=EN.

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(LAU Lap)
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.