Commission Regulation (EU) No 835/2012 of 18 September 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium) Text with EEA relevance

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) No 835/2012
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Article 1

Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 10 December 2011.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the table setting out the designation of the substances, groups of substances and mixtures and the conditions of restriction is amended as follows:

(1)

in the second column of entry 23, the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following:

‘1.

Shall not be used in mixtures and articles produced from the following synthetic organic polymers (hereafter referred to as plastic material):

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polymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride (PVC) [3904 10] [3904 21]

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polyurethane (PUR) [3909 50]

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low-density polyethylene (LDPE), with the exception of low-density polyethylene used for the production of coloured masterbatch [3901 10]

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cellulose acetate (CA) [3912 11]

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cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) [3912 11]

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epoxy resins [3907 30]

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melamine-formaldehyde (MF) resins [3909 20]

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urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins [3909 10]

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unsaturated polyesters (UP) [3907 91]

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polyethylene terephthalate (PET) [3907 60]

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polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)

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transparent/general-purpose polystyrene [3903 11]

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acrylonitrile methylmethacrylate (AMMA)

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cross-linked polyethylene (VPE)

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high-impact polystyrene

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polypropylene (PP) [3902 10]

Mixtures and articles produced from plastic material as listed above shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of the plastic material.’

(2)

in the second column of entry 23, in paragraph 1 the following subparagraph is added:

‘By 19 November 2012, in accordance with Article 69, the Commission shall ask the European Chemicals Agency to prepare a dossier conforming to the requirements of Annex XV in order to assess whether the use of cadmium and its compounds in plastic material, other than that listed in subparagraph 1, should be restricted.’