L 118/18
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
20.4.2022
(16)
The entry on commercial octabromodiphenyl ether in Part 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 also covers the substance octabromodiphenyl ether listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to that Regulation.
Therefore, octabromo­ diphenyl ether should be removed from the lists of chemicals in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
(17)
At its ninth meeting held from 29 April to 10 May 2019, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (‘the Stockholm Convention’) decided to include the substance dicofol in Annex A to that Convention.
Consequently, that substance was listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 and should therefore be added to the list of chemicals in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
Since a listing in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 prohibits the export of a substance without any exemption, the listing of dicofol in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to that Regulation is no longer required and should be removed.
(18)
At its ninth meeting held from 29 April to 10 May 2019, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention decided to include the substance perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds in Annex A to that Convention with a number of exemptions and with an obligation for parties to prohibit the export of firefighting foams that contain those chemicals.
Consequently, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOArelated compounds were listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 and should therefore be added to the list of chemicals in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 as regards its presence in fire-fighting foams.
(19)
At its seventh meeting held from 4 to 15 May 2015, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention decided to include the substances pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters in Annex A to that Convention.
Consequently, those substances were listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 and should therefore be added to the list of chemicals in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
(20)
At its fourth meeting held from 4 to 8 May 2009, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention decided to include the substances perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride in Annex B to that Convention.
That entry was subsequently amended by Decision SC-9/4 in 2019.
Those substances are listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 and should therefore be added to the list of chemicals in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
(21)
Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 contains an entry on articles containing concentrations of tetra-, penta-, hexa- and heptabromodiphenyl ether at or above 0,1 % by weight when produced partially or fully from recycled materials or materials from waste prepared for re-use.
That entry is based on a restriction set out in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (24).
The provisions concerning those substances have been amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, which reduces the allowed concentrations in articles and adds decabromodiphenyl ether to the list of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
Those changes should be reflected in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
(22)
Regulation (EU) 2017/852 prohibits the export of mercury, certain mixtures of metallic mercury with other substances, certain mercury compounds and certain mercury-added products.
Those export bans should be reflected in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
(23)
Pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 649/2012, the Commission is required to revise the classification of each chemical listed in Annex I to that Regulation in the light of any changes made in the World Customs Organisation’s Harmonised System Nomenclature or in the European Union’s Combined Nomenclature.
A number of classifications of chemicals in the European Union’s Combined Nomenclature have been changed since those chemicals were added to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.
Those changes should be reflected in that Annex.
(24) Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).