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)
Date: 2025-06-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, arms industry, chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard








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C/2025/2953


3.6.2025






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)
(C/2025/2953)


Decision granting an authorisation and repealing Implementing Decisions C(2023) 5 and C(2024) 57













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(2025) 3255


27 May 2025


4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (‘4-tert-OPnEO’)


PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PRC DeSoto International Inc., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam


REACH/25/29/0/R1


Repackaging hardener formulations containing 4-tert-OPnEO as a surfactant in a concentration above 0,1 % w/w, to be used within two-part polysulphide sealants in the aerospace and defence sector and associated supply chains


4 January 2029


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




PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PPG Industries (UK) Ltd., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam


REACH/25/29/1/R1




PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PRC DeSoto International Inc., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam


REACH/25/29/2/R1


Mixing of base polysulfide sealant components with 4-tert-OPnEO containing hardener, resulting in mixtures containing less than 0,1 % w/w of 4-tert-OPnEO for aerospace and defence uses that are exempt from authorisation under Article 56(6), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, in the aerospace and defence sector and associated supply chains




PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PPG Industries (UK) Ltd., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam


REACH/25/29/3/R1






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

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu)



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2953/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)