G/TBT/N/EU/669  
19 July 2019  
(19-4815) 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):  Hazardous 
substances and mixtures  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of 
substances and mixtures as regards information relating to emergency h ealth response 
(5 pages + annex 6 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  According to Article 45(1) of the CLP Regulation, Member 
States' appointed bodies shall receive information from importers and downstream users 
on the hazardous chemical mixtures they place on the market. Commission Regulation 
(EU) No 2017/542 amended the  CLP Regulation by adding an Annex harmonising the 
information to be provided relating to emergency health response ("Annex VIII"). 
Annex  VIII was adopted in March 2017 and will become applicable on 1 January 2020.  
The Commission is proposing an amendment  to Annex VIII before its applicability date 
that would contain uncontentious clarifications of the text, so as to streamline 
interpretation, improve internal coherence, and mitigate some unintended consequences 
made apparent only after the adoption of the  Annex.  
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 . G/TBT/N/EU/669  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of 
substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 
1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 
31.12.2008, p. 1.).  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:0001:1355:EN:PD
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• Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/542 amended the CLP Regulation by 
adding an Annex harmonisi ng the information to be provided relating to 
emergency health response (OJ L 78/1, 23.3.2017, p.1)  
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/542/oj  
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 text is available on the EU -TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_4025_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2019/TBT/EEC/19_4025_01_e.pdf