II 
(Non-legislative acts)  
REGULATIONS  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 366/2011  
of 14 April 2011  
amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex 
XVII (Acrylamide)  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation 
and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a 
European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC 
and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council 
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 
93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (  1 ), and in particular 
Article 131 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Acrylamide is classified as a carcinogenic category 1B and 
mutagenic category 1B substance. Its risks were evaluated 
in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 
of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the 
risks of existing substances (  2 ). 
(2) The results of the European risk assessment concluded 
that there was a need to limit the risk to the aquatic 
compartment from use of acrylamide based grouts in 
construction applications, and risk to other organisms 
from indirect exposure through contaminated water 
from the same application. Furthermore, concerns for 
workers and humans exposed via the environment 
were raised in view of the carcinogenic and mutagenic 
nature of acrylamide and for its neurotoxicity and repro ­
ductive toxicity as a consequence of exposure arising 
from small and large-scale use of acrylamide based 
grouts.  (3) Commission Recommendation 2004/394/EC of 29 April 
2004 on the results of the risk evaluation and the risk 
reduction strategies for the substances: Acetonitrile; 
Acrylamide; Acrylonitrile; Acrylic acid; Butadiene; 
Hydrogen fluoride; Hydrogen peroxide; Methacrylic acid; 
Methyl methacrylate; Toluene; Trichlorobenzene (  3 ), 
adopted within the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 
793/93, recommended consideration at Union level of 
marketing and use restrictions in Council Directive 
76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of 
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the 
Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing 
and use of certain dangerous substances and prep ­
arations (  4 ), for the use of acrylamide in grouts for 
small and large-scale applications.  
(4) The limit value of 0,1 % of acrylamide is included to 
cover other sources of free acrylamide in the grouting 
process such as from N-methylolacrylamide, as indicated 
in Recommendation 2004/394/EC.  
(5) In order to protect human health and the environment, it 
is therefore necessary to restrict the placing on the 
market and the use of acrylamide in grouts and for all 
grouting applications.  
(6) In accordance with the provisions on transitional 
measures in Article 137(1)a of REACH, it is necessary 
to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.  
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab ­
lished under Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 
1907/2006,EN L 101/12 Official Journal of the European Union 15.4.2011  
( 1 ) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.  
( 2 ) OJ L 84, 5.4.1993, p. 1.  ( 3 ) OJ L 144, 30.4.2004, p. 72.  
( 4 ) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 201.HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.  
Article 2  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the 
European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 14 April 2011.  
For the Commission  
The President  
José Manuel BARROSO  
ANNEX  
In the table of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the following entry 60 is added: 
‘60. Acrylamide 
CAS No 79-06-1  Shall not be placed on the market or used as a substance or constituent of mixtures in a 
concentration, equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight for grouting applications after 
5 November 2012.’EN 15.4.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 101/13