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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
9 July 2021
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 478/2021
European Union (EU)* : Updates on the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 61/2021 dated 21 January 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updated the Candidate List of substances of very high concern on 8 July 2021 by adding the following eight new substances:
| Substance name | |
|---|---|
| 1. | 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers |
| 2. | Orthoboric acid, sodium salt |
| 3. | 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane1,3-diol (BMP); 2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol, tribromo derivative/3-bromo-2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1-propanol (TBNPA); 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol (2,3-DBPA) |
| 4. | Glutaral |
| 5. | Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) (UVCB substances consisting of more than or equal to 80% linear chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths within the range from C14 to C17) |
| 6. | Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP) |
| 7. | 1,4-dioxane |
| 8. | 4,4'-(1-methylpropylidene)bisphenol |
2.For details, please refer to the press release ECHA/NR/21/20 issued by the ECHA, which can be accessed through the following link: https://echa.europa.eu/-/candidate-list-updated-with-eight-hazardous-chemicals.
3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Serena YUEN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU comprises of 27 member countries, namely, 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 and Sweden.
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