G/TBT/N/EU/520  
 
4 October 2017  
(17-5340) 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 dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) (EC No. 201 -545-9, CAS No. 84 -61-7, 
HS code 2917.34)  
5. Title, n umber of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Implementing Decision on the identification of dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) 
as a substance of very high concern according to Article 57(c) and (f) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1907/2006 of  the European Parliament and of the Council (4 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Decision aims at identifying DCHP as a 
substance of very high concern due to its classification as toxic for reproduction properties 
according to Article 57(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) and due to its 
endocrine disrupting properties whose effects to human health give rise to an equivalent 
level of concern according to Article 57(f) of that Regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; The reprotoxic properties (category 1B) 
of DCHP under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as well as its endocrine disrupting properties 
for human health meet the criteria for its identification as a substance of very high concern 
in accordance with Article 57(c) and (f), respectively, of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. 
The objective of this draft is to identify DCHP as a substance of very high co ncern due to 
these properties and to include that substance in the Candidate List referred to in 
Article  59(1) of REACH.  G/TBT/N/EU/520  
 
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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 as 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=1423064258789&uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
 The Opinion of the Member State Committee of the European Chemicals  
Agency of 9 June 2016: https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/a0ed7099 -
d284-45e4-87ae-9984c71024c8  
9. Proposed date of adoption: March 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: March 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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/EEC/17_4533_00_e.pdf