Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2012 (repealed)Show full title

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 is amended as follows:

(1)

Part A is amended as follows:

(a)

in the entry for perfluoroctane sulphonic acid and its derivates (PFOS) point 6 in the column ‘Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification’ is replaced by the following:

‘6. Once standards are adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) they shall be used as the analytical test methods for demonstrating the conformity of substances, preparations and articles to paragraphs 1 and 2. Any other analytical method for which the user can prove equivalent performance could be used as an alternative to the CEN standards.’;

(b)

the following entry is added:

Substance	CAS No	EC No	Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification
‘Endosulfan	115-29-7 959-98-8 33213-65-9	204-079-4	1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing endosulfan as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013. 2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing endosulfan as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed. 3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.’

(2)

in Part B, the following entries are added:

a Polychlorinated naphthalenes means chemical compounds based on the naphthalene ring system, where one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms.’.
Substance	CAS No	EC No	Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification
‘Hexachlorobutadiene	87-68-3	201-765-5	1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing hexachlorobutadiene as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013. 2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing hexachlorobutadiene as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed. 3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Polychlorinated naphthalenesa			1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing polychlorinated naphthalenes as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013. 2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing polychlorinated naphthalenes as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed. 3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Alkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs)	85535-84-8	287-476-5	1. By way of derogation, the production, placing on the market and use of substances or preparations containing SCCPs in concentrations lower than 1 % by weight shall be allowed. 2. By way of derogation, the production, placing on the market, and use of the following applications shall be allowed provided that Member States report to the Commission no later than 2015 and every four years thereafter on the progress made to eliminate SCCPs: (a) fire retardants in rubber used in conveyor belts in the mining industry; (b) fire retardants in dam sealants. 3. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing SCCPs as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013. 4. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing SCCPs as a constituent of articles shall be allowed. 5. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. As soon as new information on details of uses and safer alternative substances or technologies become available, the Commission shall review the derogations set out in point 2 so that the uses of SCCPs be phased out.