G/TBT/ N/EU/407  
 
21 September 2016  
(16-5018) 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) : Chemical substances  
5. Title, number of pages  and language( s) of the notified document : Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and 
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (7 pages +  Annex 5 pages, in English)   
6. Description of content : This draft Commission Regulation aims at amending Annex XIV 
of the REACH Regulation. Annex XIV lists the substances which are subject to the 
authorisation requirement laid down in Title VII of the Re gulation. The draft proposes to 
include 12 additional substances in that Annex, namely 1 -bromopropane (n -propyl 
bromide); diisopentylphthalate; 1,2 -benzenedicarboxylic acid di -C6-8-branched alkyl 
esters C7 -rich; 1,2 -benzenedicarboxylic acid, di -C7-11-branc hed and linear alkyl esters; 
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dipentylester, branched and linear; bis(2 -methoxyethyl) 
phthalate; dipentylphthalate; N -pentyl -isopentylphthalate; anthracene oil; pitch, coal tar, 
high temperature; 4 -(1,1,3,3 -tetramethylbutyl)phe nol, ethoxylated and 4 -nonylphenol, 
branched and linear, ethoxylated . Once the regulation is adopted and enters into force, the 
placing on the market and the use of those substances in the EU will only be possible, after 
the date specified for each substan ce ("sunset date"), for those operators who have been 
granted an authorisation in accordance with Articles 60 -64 of REACH, and for those who 
have submitted an application for authorisation before a given date ("latest application 
date") but a decision has not yet been adopted.  
Furthermore the draft Regulation proposes to extend for a limited period of time the 
transitional periods of 23 already listed substances, for uses in the production of spare 
parts for the repair of articles produced before the sunset  date and for the repair of such 
articles.  G/TBT/N/EU/407  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The objective of this draft Regulation is to subject 12 substances of very high 
concern to the authorisation requirement laid down in the REACH Regulation. According to 
Article 55 of REACH, the aim of the authorisation provisions is "to ensure the good 
functioning of the internal market while assuring that the risks from substances of very 
high concern are properly controlled and  that these substances are progressively replaced 
by suitable alternative substances or technologies where these are economically and 
technically viable."  
The proposal to extend the transitional period for 23 substances for uses in legacy spare 
parts and r epair of articles produced before the sunset date aims at allowing for the future 
adoption of measures on simplified applications for authorisation for those uses, which are 
considered necessary in order to avoid the premature obsolescence of such articles .  
8. Relevant documents :  
 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restric tion of Chemicals (REACH) 
(OJ L 396, 30.12.2006,  p. 1): http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1474036775322&uri=CELEX:32006R1907  
 Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/217 of 16 
February 2016 amending Annex XVII t o Regulation (EC) No 1907/200 6 (OJ L 40, 
17.2.2016,  p. 5): http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2016:040:TOC  
9. Proposed date of adoption : May 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union   
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and email 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/EEC/16_3955_00_e.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_3955_01_e.pdf