G/TBT/N/EU/213  
 
21 May 2014  
(14-3048)  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 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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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): Extender 
oils for the production of tyres or parts of tyres. Phthalates in toys and childcare articles.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and 
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalates (5 pages + 2 pages of annex, in English). 
6. Description of content: The draft regulation is a mere technical amendment of certain 
elements of entries 50, 51 and 52 in Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation (originally notified under reference G/TBT/N/EEC/52). It does not affect the scope of the existing 
restrictions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Entry 50 of Annex XVII to REACH is being amended to introduce European 
standard EN 16143:2013 as the reference analytical method to determine compliance of extender oils used as oils for the production of tyres or parts of tyres with polycyclic 
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) content limits defined in paragraph 1 of the current 
restriction. The reference to method IP-3 46 currently mentioned as the reference 
method is removed. In entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII to REACH, related to phthalates 
in toys and childcare articles, an obsolete review clause is deleted.  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 
(REACH Regulation) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02006R1907-
20140410&qid=1400147573228&from=EN G/TBT/N/EU/213 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Last quarter 2014 Last quarter 2014 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
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  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_2405_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_2405_01_e.pdf