G/TBT/N/EU/435  
 
22 December 2016  
(16-7032) 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 [ 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):  Recently classified 
carcinogenic, mutagenic and reproductiv e toxicants (CMR) category 1A and 1B as substances 
on their own or in mixtures that are placed on the market or used for supply to the general 
public.  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amendin g the Appendices to Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, 
Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards CMR substances (3 pages + 
Annex 4 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation proposes to include within the 
scope of entries 28 to 30 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 the substances 
listed below, with the effect of restricting their placing on t he market or use for supply to 
the general public as substances on their own, as constituents of other substances or in 
mixtures and to impose the requirement to mark packaging with the label "restricted to 
professional users". This is consequent on the re cent classification of these substances as 
CMR category 1A or 1B under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of 
substances and mixtures, as amended by Commi ssion Regulations (EU) No 605/2014, 
2015/1221 and 2016/1179.  
The substances are: tetrahydro -2-furyl-methanol, gallium arsenide, tributyltin compounds, 
[1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear], 1,2 -dichloropropane, 
bisphenol A, [ph enol, dodecyl -, branched], [phenol, 2 -dodecyl -, branched], [phenol, 3 -
dodecyl -, branched], [phenol, 4 -dodecyl -, branched], [phenol, (tetrapropenyl) 
derivatives], chlorophacinone (ISO), warfarin (ISO), coumatetralyl (ISO), difenacoum 
(ISO), brodifacoum (ISO ), flocoumafen (ISO), disodium octaborate anhydrous, [e -glass 
microfibers of representative composition], lead powder and lead massive, bromadiolone 
(ISO), difethialone, [perfluorononan -1-oic acid, and its sodium and ammonium salts], 
dicyclohexyl phthalate , 3,7-dimethylocta -2,6-dienenitrile, triflumizole (ISO).  G/TBT/N/EU/435  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The above mentioned substances recently received new harmonised classifications as CMR 
category 1A or 1B. In acc ordance with Article 68 (2) of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 
(REACH), the Commission may propose a restriction on the use of these substances and 
mixtures containing them by consumers . 
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parlia ment and of 
the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 
(REACH Regulation)   
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1423064258789&uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   3rd quarter of 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force:   20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU. In accordance with Article 2 of the Act, the restricti on will apply to certain substances 
from the date of entry into force of the Regulation and to others from 1 March 2018.    
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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EE C/16_5247_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_5247_01_e.pdf