G/TBT/N/EU/537  
 
29 January 2018  
(18-0658) 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): Chemical 
substance 1,7,7 -trimethyl -3-(phenylmethylene)bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan -2-one (3 -benzylidene 
camphor) (EC No. 2 39-139-9, CAS No. 15087 -24-8, HS code 291439)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Implementing Decision on the identification of 1,7,7 -trimethyl -3-
(phenylmethylene) bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan -2-one (3 -benzylidene  camphor) as a substance of 
very high concern pursuant to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (4 pages, in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Decision aims at identifying 3-benzylidene 
camphor as a substance of very high concern due to its endocrine disrupting properties 
whose effects to the environment give rise to an equivalent level of concern according to 
Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).  
7. Object ive and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: 3-benzylidene camphor meets the criteria for its identification as a substance 
of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 due 
to its end ocrine disrupting properties whose effects on the environment give rise to an 
equivalent concern to other substances of very high concern. The objective of this draft is 
to identify 3 -benzylidene camphor as a substance of very high concern due to these 
properties and to include that substance in the Candidate List referred to in Article 59(1) of 
REACH. As a consequence, importers of articles containing 3 -benzylidene camphor may 
have to notify the European Chemicals Agency no later than 6 months after public ation in 
the Candidate list if certain conditions are met (Article 7(2) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1907/2006). Further information duties, necessary to allow the safe use of articles 
containing the substance or of the substance itself, are laid down in Article 31 and 33 of 
that Regulation.  G/TBT/N/EU/537  
 
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  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) 
(OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1). Regulation a s last amended by Regulation 
(EU) No 517/2013 of 13  May 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.06.2013, p. 1) http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516726320538 &uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
 The Opinion of the Member State Committee of the European Chemicals Agency of 
8 June 2016: https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/73593810 -fb17-4fe7-
a949-9c39995b33ed   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 25 April 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 25 April 2018  
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/  
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