Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/6/14
7 March 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 177/2023
European Union (EU)* : Test Methods Pursuant to REACH
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 474/2017 of 12 June 2017, the European Commission has adopted a Regulation which was published on 6 March 2023 to amend the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress. Details are set out in the adopted Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/464, which will enter into force on 26 March 2023 and can be accessed through the following link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0464&from=EN.
2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Tracy MAK)
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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