# C_2018460EN.01003001.xml

| 21.12.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 460/30 |
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21.12.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 460/30

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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 460/15)

Decisions granting an authorisation

| Reference of the decision (2) | Date of decision | Substance name | Holder of the authorisation | Authorisation number | Authorised use | Date of expiry of review period | Reasons for the decision |
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| C(2018) 8563 | 14 December 2018 | Chromium trioxide
  EC No 215-607-8
  CAS No 1333-82-0 | FN Herstal SA, Voie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, Belgium; | REACH/18/19/0 | Industrial use of chromium trioxide in the hard chromium coating of military small- and medium-calibre firearms barrel bores and auxiliary parts subject to thermal, mechanical and chemical stresses, in order to provide hardness, heat resistance and thermal barrier properties, as well as corrosion resistance, adhesion and low friction properties. | 21 September 2029 | In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment arising from the uses of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies for the applicant before the sunset date. |
| Manroy Engineering Ltd, Phoenix House Slade Green House, DA8 2HY, Erith, Kent, United Kingdom; | REACH/18/19/1 |
| FN Herstal SA, Voie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, Belgium; | REACH/18/19/2 | Industrial use of chromium trioxide in the hard chromium coating of civilian firearms barrel bores and auxiliary parts subject to thermal, mechanical and chemical stresses, in order to provide low friction coefficient as well as heat, corrosion and wear resistance properties. | 21 September 2024 |
| Browning Viana Fabrica de Armas e Artigos de Desporto SA, Lugar de Morenos — Neiva — Apartado 2, 4901 906, Vila Nova de Anha, Portugal. | REACH/18/19/3 |

Reference of the decision (2)

Date of decision

Substance name

Holder of the authorisation

Authorisation number

Authorised use

Date of expiry of review period

Reasons for the decision

C(2018) 8563

14 December 2018

Chromium trioxide

EC No 215-607-8

CAS No 1333-82-0

FN Herstal SA, Voie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, Belgium;

REACH/18/19/0

Industrial use of chromium trioxide in the hard chromium coating of military small- and medium-calibre firearms barrel bores and auxiliary parts subject to thermal, mechanical and chemical stresses, in order to provide hardness, heat resistance and thermal barrier properties, as well as corrosion resistance, adhesion and low friction properties.

21 September 2029

In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment arising from the uses of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies for the applicant before the sunset date.

Manroy Engineering Ltd, Phoenix House Slade Green House, DA8 2HY, Erith, Kent, United Kingdom;

REACH/18/19/1

FN Herstal SA, Voie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, Belgium;

REACH/18/19/2

Industrial use of chromium trioxide in the hard chromium coating of civilian firearms barrel bores and auxiliary parts subject to thermal, mechanical and chemical stresses, in order to provide low friction coefficient as well as heat, corrosion and wear resistance properties.

21 September 2024

Browning Viana Fabrica de Armas e Artigos de Desporto SA, Lugar de Morenos — Neiva — Apartado 2, 4901 906, Vila Nova de Anha, Portugal.

REACH/18/19/3

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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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