EU published (EU) No 126/2013 to amend REACH Annex XVII

On February 14, EU published (EU) No 126/2013 to amned Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, details which are presented as follows:

(1) in entry 6, column 2, paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"1. The manufacture, placing on the market and use of these fibres and of articles and mixtures containing these fibres added intentionally is prohibited.";

(2) in entry 16, column 2, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

"However, Member States may, in accordance with the provisions of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 13, permit the use on their territory of the substance or mixture for the restoration and maintenance of works of art and historic buildings and their interiors, as well as the placing on the market for such use. Where a Member State makes use of this derogation, it shall inform the Commission thereof.";

(3) in entry 17, column 2, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

"However, Member States may, in accordance with the provisions of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 13, permit the use on their territory of the substance or mixture for the restoration and maintenance of works of art and historic buildings and their interiors, as well as the placing on the market for such use. Where a Member State makes use of this derogation, it shall inform the Commission thereof.";

(4) in entries 28, 29 and 30, column 2, paragraph 1, the fifth indent of the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"— the relevant concentration specified in Directive 1999/45/EC where no specific concentration limit is set out in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.";

(5) in entry 40, column 1, the words ‘to that Regulation’ are replaced by ‘to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008";

(6) entry 42 is deleted;

(7) in entry 47, column 2, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. The standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for testing the water-soluble chromium (VI) content of cement and cement-containing mixtures shall be used as the test method for demonstrating conformity with paragraph 1.";

(8) in entry 56, column 1 is replaced by the following:

"56. Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) CAS No 26447-40-5 EC No 247-714-0 including the following specific isomers:

(a) 4,4'-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate: CAS No 101-68-8 EC No 202-966-0;

(b) 2,4'-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate: CAS No 5873-54-1 EC No 227-534-9;

(c) 2,2'-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate: CAS No 2536-05-2 EC No 219-799-4";

(9) in Appendix 4, in the column headed  'Notes', references to notes E, H and S are deleted;

(10) in Appendix 6, the row for the entry concerning 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dipentylester, branched and linear n-pentyl-isopentylphthalate, di-n-pentyl phthalate, diisopentylphthalate is replaced by the following:

(11) Appendix 10 is replaced by the following: