G/TBT/N/EU/905  
27 June 2022  
(22-4937) 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 Comm ission,  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
substances   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending,  for the purposes of its adaptation to 
technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures as regards the addition of notes to P art 1, section 1.1.3.1, of Annex VI; (4 
page(s), in English), (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The CLP regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008) sets rules 
for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures. Part 1 of Annex  VI lists 
notes that can be assigned to substances with harmonised classification. These notes 
provide further instructions how to classify and label certain substances or mixtures 
containing them.  
This draft Regulation adds new notes to the list. These ha ve been proposed for some 
substances that recently received new or updated classification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Ensuring the proper functioning of the EU internal market; Protection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/EU/905  
 
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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 am ending 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:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (about two 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/2022/TBT/EEC/22_4314_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_4314_01_e.pdf