On April 23, 2020, the European Union submitted notification G/TBT/N/EU/714 to the World Trade organization (WTO), proposing to revise several entries of Annex XVII to REACH, deadline for comments until June 21, 2020.

Here is the summary of the proposal:

• Delete three entries from Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation, as the substances concerned have been, or are about to be, incorporated into Regulation 2019/2012 on persistent organic pollutants;

Include an exemption, from the aforementioned entries 28 to 30, for devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices;

• Delete an obsolete paragraph mandating a review of the restriction on liquid substances or mixtures;

• Delete obsolete references to "R phrases" from the restriction on liquid substances or mixtures;

• Delete obsolete references to CMR classifications under Directive 67/548 from the titles of Appendixes 1-6 of Annex XVII;

• Update the references to testing methods for azocolourants in Appendix 10 of Annex XVII, to reflect technical progress.

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