G/TBT/N/E U/496  
 
28 July 2017  
(17-4139) 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. Notifie d 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):  Substances recently 
classified as carcinog enic, mutagenic and reproductive 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 amending 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 re stricting their placing on the 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 recent 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 m ixtures, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/776.   
The substances are: 2,3 -epoxypropyl methacrylate; glycidyl methacrylate; cadmium 
carbonate; cadmium hydroxide; cadmium dihydroxide; cadmium nitrate; cadmium 
dinitrate; Anthraquinone; N,N' -methyle nedimorpholine; N,N' -methylenebismorpholine; 
[formaldehyde released from N,N' -methylenebismorpholine][MBM]; reaction products of 
paraformaldehyde and 2 -hydroxypropylamine (ratio 3:2); [formaldehyde released from 
3,3'-methylenebis[5 -methyloxazolidine]; form aldehyde released from oxazolidin] [MBO]; 
reaction products of paraformaldehyde with 2 -hydroxypropylamine (ratio 1:1); 
[formaldehyde released from α,α,α -trimethyl -1,3,5-triazine -1,3,5(2H,4H,6H) -triethanol] 
[HPT]; methylhydrazine; cadmium carbonate; cadmium  hydroxide; cadmium dihydroxide; G/TBT/N/EU/496  
 
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  cadmium nitrate; cadmium dinitrate; 2 -methyl -1-(4-methylthiophenyl) -2-
morpholinopropan -1-one; 2,3 -epoxypropyl methacrylate; glycidyl methacrylate; 
cyproconazole (ISO); (2RS,3RS;2RS,3SR) -2-(4-chlorophenyl) -3-cyclopropyl -1-(1H-1,2,4-
triazol -1-yl)butan -2-ol; dibutyltin dilaurate; dibutyl[bis(dodecanoyloxy)]stannane; 
nonadecafluorodecanoic acid [1]; ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate [2]; sodium 
nonadecafluorodecanoate [3]; triadimenol (ISO); (1RS,2RS;1RS,2SR) -1-(4-
chlorophenoxy) -3,3-dimethyl -1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol -1-yl)butan -2-ol;α-tert-butyl-β-(4-
chlorophenoxy) -1H-1,2,4-triazole -1-ethanol; quinolin -8-ol; 8-hydroxyquinoline; thiacloprid 
(ISO); (Z) -3-(6-chloro -3-pyridylmethyl) -1,3-thiazolidin -2-ylidenecyanamide; {(2Z) -3-[(6-
chloropyri din-3-yl)methyl] -1,3-thiazolidin -2-ylidene}cyanamide; carbetamide (ISO); (R) -
1-(ethylcarbamoyl)ethyl carbanilate; (2R) -1-(ethylamino) -1-oxopropan -2-yl 
phenylcarbamate.  
The substance formaldehyde ...%, which was classified as a carcinogen category 1B by 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2014, is also now included within the scope of entries 
28 to 30 of Annex XVII to REACH.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer pro tection; Protection of human health or 
safety; The above mentioned substances recently received new harmonised classifications 
as CMR category 1A or 1B. In accordance with Article 68 (2) of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 
(REACH), the Commission may propose a re striction on the use of these substances and 
mixtures containing them by consumers.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemi cals (REACH 
Regulation):  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1423064258789&uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  First quart er of 2018.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU. In accordance with Article 2(2) of the Act, the restriction will apply to formaldehyde from 
the date of entry into force of the Regulation and to th e other substances from 
1 December  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 EU -TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/EEC/17_3403_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/EEC/17_3403_01_e.pdf