G/TBT/N/EU/136  
 
16 July 2013  
(13-3811)  Page: 1/3  
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 telephon e 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:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
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 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Regulation amending, for the purposes of introducing statements in Croatian 
language and 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 (19 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this draft proposal for a sixth adaptation to 
technical progress of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend Annex VI to the 
CLP Regulation in order to include updated classifications for substances already subject 
to harmonised classification and to include new harmonised classifications. The draft legislation concerns the following substances: 
Name of substance       CAS RN  
fenoxycarb (ISO)        72490-01-8 
ethephon; 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid     16672-87-0 
tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-m-phenylene biphosphate  139189-30-3 
ethylbenzene         100-41-4 styrene         100-42-5 tetrahydro-2-furylmethanol; tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol  97-99-4 
formaldehyde        50-00-0 
cymoxanil (ISO)         57966-95-7 G/TBT/N/EU/136 
 
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  2-ethylhexyl 10-ethyl-4,4-dimethyl-7-oxo-8-oxa-3,5-dithia-4 
-stannatetradecanoate       57583-35-4 dimethyltin dichloride        753-73-1 
4-vinylcyclohexene        100-40-3 
muscalure; cis-tricos-9-ene       27519-02-4 4-tert-butylphenol        98-54-4 
etofenprox (ISO)        80844-07-1 
tralkoxydim (ISO)        87820-88-0 cycloxydim (ISO)         101205-02-1 
b e n z o i c  a c i d          6 5 - 8 5 - 0  
methyl 2,5-dichlorobenzoate      2905-69-3 fluazinam (ISO)        79622-59-6 penconazole (ISO)        66246-88-6 
fenpyrazamine (ISO)       473798-59-3 
3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate; 3-iodoprop-2-yn- 1-yl butylcarbamate       55406-53-6 
(1-methylethylidene)di-4,1-phenylenetetraphenyl  
diphosphate         5945-33-5 
The draft proposal also includes changes to Annex III and Annex IV to Regulation (EC) 
1272/2008, which include the Croatian language versions of a number of hazard and 
precautionary statements. These changes are mo tivated by the accession of the Republic 
of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Ensuring the proper functioning of th e EU internal market; Protection of 
Human health or Safety; Protection of the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and 
packaging of substances and mixtures, amen ding 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:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Third quarter 2013 20 days from publicat ion in the Official 
Journal of the EU (about a month after 
adoption).  Application from 1 December 2014. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification G/TBT/N/EU/136 
 
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11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:     
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  and 
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
and can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_2841_00_e.pdf