G/TBT/N/EU/145  
 
12 September 2013  
(13-4812)  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 [ 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):  
1,4-dichlorobenzene used in air fresheners and toilet deodorisers. 
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 1,4-dichlorobenzene (6 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The draft Regulation prohibits the placing on the market and 
use of 1,4-dichlorobenzene, as a substance or as a constituent of mixtures in a concentration equal to or greater than 1% by weight, where the substance or the mixture is intended to be used as an air fr eshener or as a deodoriser in toilets, homes, 
offices and other indoor public areas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: 1,4-dichlorobenzene is a threshold carcinogen (Category 2) according to 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, used as a substance or in mixtures as an air freshener or a deodoriser in toilets, homes, offices and ot her public indoor areas. The objective of the 
measure is to reduce the risks to human health from the exposure of both consumers 
and professionals to vapours of the substance arising from the uses described.     
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council of 18 December 2006 conc erning the Registration, Evaluation, 
Authorization and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p.1) http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:0001:0849:EN:PDF  
The compiled opinions of the Committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-
economic Analysis (SEAC): 
http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/5232c639-9bf9-4001-bcb6-f59b0d709aed   G/TBT/N/EU/145 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Second quarter 2014 20 days from publicat ion in the Official 
Journal of the EU (about a month after 
adoption). The provisions shall apply 1 year 
after the entry into force. 
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/  
and at  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/TBT/EEC/13_3609_00_e.pdf