G/TBT/N/EU/689  
4 November 2019  
(19-7370) 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. 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 Delegated Regulation 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 packaging of substances and mixtures (6 pages 
+ Annex 12 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this draft proposal for a fifteenth adaptation to 
technical progress of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on class ification, labelling and packaging 
of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend Table 3 of Part 3 of Annex VI 
to the CLP Regulation, by introducing new and revised entries for the harmonised 
classification and labelling of 60 substances and by deleting 2 entries.   It also amends 
Notes J to N, Note P and Note R in Part 1 of Annex VI.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health and the environment, ensuring the proper 
functio ning of the EU internal market . 
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:  1st quarter 2020  
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 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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/  
 
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