G/TBT/N/EU/400  
 
22 August 2016  
(16-4467) 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/  
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 (EU) amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific 
progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
classification, labelling and pac kaging of substances and mixtures (14 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this draft proposal for a tenth adaptation to 
technical progress of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging 
of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend table 3.1 to Annex VI to the 
CLP Regulation by introducing new and revised entries for the harmonised classification 
and labelling of 37 substances and the Acute Toxicity Estimates (ATE) for nicotine. It 
furthe r amends Annex VI to the CLP Regulation by adding a provision on ATE, by replacing 
the references to Table 3.1 by references to Table 3 and   by deleting references to 
Table  3.2 and to Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC in view of the repeal of these 
Directives.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Ensuring the proper functioning of the 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, amending 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.).  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: First quarter 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about a month after adoption).  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/  
 
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