# L_2018249EN.01001801.xml

| 4.10.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 249/18 |
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4.10.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 249/18

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/227 of 9 February 2017 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards bis(pentabromophenyl)ether

(
  Official Journal of the European Union L 35 of 10 February 2017
  )

On page 9, the Annex is replaced as follows:

‘ANNEX

In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the following entry is added:

| ‘67. | Bis(pentabromophenyl)ether
  (decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE)
  CAS No 1163-19-5
  EC No 214-604-9 |
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‘67.

Bis(pentabromophenyl)ether

(decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE)

CAS No 1163-19-5

EC No 214-604-9

| 1. | Shall not be manufactured or placed on the market as a substance on its own after 2 March 2019. |
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1.

Shall not be manufactured or placed on the market as a substance on its own after 2 March 2019.

| 2. | Shall not be used in the production of, or placed on the market in:






  (a) | another substance, as a constituent; |
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2.

Shall not be used in the production of, or placed on the market in:

(a)

another substance, as a constituent;

| (b) | a mixture; |
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(b)

a mixture;

| (c) | an article, or any part thereof, |
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(c)

an article, or any part thereof,

in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight, after 2 March 2019.

| 3. | Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to a substance, constituent of another substance or mixture that is to be used, or is used:






  (a) | in the production of an aircraft before 2 March 2027. |
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3.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to a substance, constituent of another substance or mixture that is to be used, or is used:

(a)

in the production of an aircraft before 2 March 2027.

| (b) | in the production of spare parts for either of the following:






  (i) | an aircraft produced before 2 March 2027; |
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(b)

in the production of spare parts for either of the following:

(i)

an aircraft produced before 2 March 2027;

| (ii) | motor vehicles within the scope of Directive 2007/46/EC, agricultural and forestry vehicles within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1) or machinery within the scope of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (*2), produced before 2 March 2019. |
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(ii)

motor vehicles within the scope of Directive 2007/46/EC, agricultural and forestry vehicles within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1) or machinery within the scope of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (*2), produced before 2 March 2019.

| 4. | Subparagraph 2(c) shall not apply to any of the following:






  (a) | articles placed on the market before 2 March 2019; |
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4.

Subparagraph 2(c) shall not apply to any of the following:

(a)

articles placed on the market before 2 March 2019;

| (b) | aircraft produced in accordance with subparagraph 3(a); |
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(b)

aircraft produced in accordance with subparagraph 3(a);

| (c) | spare parts of aircraft, vehicles or machines produced in accordance with subparagraph 3(b); |
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(c)

spare parts of aircraft, vehicles or machines produced in accordance with subparagraph 3(b);

| (d) | electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EU. |
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(d)

electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EU.

| 5. | For the purposes of this entry ‘aircraft’ means one of the following:






  (a) | a civil aircraft produced in accordance with a type certificate issued under Regulation (EU) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*3) or with a design approval issued under the national regulations of a contracting State of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), or for which a certificate of airworthiness has been issued by an ICAO contracting State under Annex 8 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation; |
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5.

For the purposes of this entry ‘aircraft’ means one of the following:

(a)

a civil aircraft produced in accordance with a type certificate issued under Regulation (EU) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*3) or with a design approval issued under the national regulations of a contracting State of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), or for which a certificate of airworthiness has been issued by an ICAO contracting State under Annex 8 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation;

| (b) | a military aircraft. |
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(b)

a military aircraft.

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(*1)  Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OL L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1).

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(*2)  Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 24).

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(*3)  Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (OJ L 79, 19.3.2008, p. 1).’

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