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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
16 June 2022
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 484/2022
European Union (EU)* : Updates on the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 77/2022 dated 21 January 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updated the Candidate List of substances of very high concern on 10 June 2022 by adding the following new substance:
| Substance name | |
|---|---|
| 1. | N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide |
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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