G/TBT/N/EU/695  
20 December 2019  
(19-8912) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Substances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on the duties placed on  registrants to update 
their registrations under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of 
Chemicals (REACH) (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Implementing Regulation (IR) provides clarifications 
regarding the duties of registrants pertaining to updates of their registration dossier in line 
with Article 22 of REACH. The REACH review[1] identified tha t incentives are lacking for 
companies to update their registration dossiers and work is still needed to rectify important 
data gaps or inappropriate adaptations to testing. This conclusion is based on more than 
10 years of dossier evaluation work carried out by ECHA. Article 22 of REACH states that 
updates should be undertaken 'without undue delay' in the cases provided in Article 
22(1)(a) -(i).This wording has proven to be difficult to enforce. Therefore, this IR specifies 
explicit timeframes for updates i n the individual cases listed in Article 22(1)(a) -(i). The IR 
does not affect other provisions in REACH that require updates in specific situations. For 
reasons of legal clarity and practical enforceability, the IR identifies only two timeframes: 
updates t o be done within 3 months and within 6 months.  
 
[1] COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE 
COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Commission General 
Report on the operation of REACH and review of certain elements Conclusions and Actions 
{SWD(2018) 58 final}  G/TBT/N/EU/695  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health and the environment, ensuring the proper 
functioning of the EU internal market.  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European  Parliament and the 
Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and 
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending 
Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 7 93/93 and Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission 
Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, 
p.1) 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4th Quarter 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about a month after adoption).  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The tex t is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/   
 
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