# C_2018290EN.01000401.xml

| 17.8.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 290/4 |
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17.8.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/4

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Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in 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)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1)
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(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 290/06)

Decisions granting an authorisation

| Reference of the decision (2) | Date of decision | Substance name | Holder of the authorisation | Authorisation numbers | Authorised uses | Date of expiry of review period | Reasons for the decision |
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| C(2018) 5057 | 10 August 2018 | Trichloroethylene
  EC No: 201-167-4
  CAS No. 79-01-6 | Blue Cube Germany Assets GmbH&Co. KG, Buetzflether Sand 2, 21683 Stade, Germany. | REACH/18/9/0 | Use of trichloroethylene in industrial parts cleaning by vapour degreasing in closed systems where specific requirements (system of use-parameters) exist | 21 October 2020 | In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the uses of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility. |
| REACH/18/9/1 | Industrial use as process chemical (enclosed systems) in Alcantara Material production | 21 April 2023 |
| REACH/18/9/2 | Use of trichloroethylene in packaging | 21 April 2028 |
| REACH/18/9/3 | Use of trichloroethylene in formulation | 21 April 2028 |
| REACH/18/9/4 | Use of trichloroethylene as extraction solvent for bitumen in asphalt analysis | 21 April 2023 |

Reference of the decision (2)

Date of decision

Substance name

Holder of the authorisation

Authorisation numbers

Authorised uses

Date of expiry of review period

Reasons for the decision

C(2018) 5057

10 August 2018

Trichloroethylene

EC No: 201-167-4

CAS No. 79-01-6

Blue Cube Germany Assets GmbH&Co. KG, Buetzflether Sand 2, 21683 Stade, Germany.

REACH/18/9/0

Use of trichloroethylene in industrial parts cleaning by vapour degreasing in closed systems where specific requirements (system of use-parameters) exist

21 October 2020

In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the uses of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility.

REACH/18/9/1

Industrial use as process chemical (enclosed systems) in Alcantara Material production

21 April 2023

REACH/18/9/2

Use of trichloroethylene in packaging

21 April 2028

REACH/18/9/3

Use of trichloroethylene in formulation

21 April 2028

REACH/18/9/4

Use of trichloroethylene as extraction solvent for bitumen in asphalt analysis

21 April 2023

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(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm

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