Entry 41

Hexachloroethane
ヘキサクロロエタン
　CAS No 67-72-1, EC No 200-666-4

 

Conditions of restriction

Shall not be placed on the market, or used, as substance or in mixtures, where the substance or mixture is intended for the manufacturing or processing of non-ferrous metals.

Entry 43

Azocolourants and Azodyes
アゾ色素、アゾ染料

 

Conditions of restriction

1. Azodyes which, by reductive cleavage of one or more azo groups, may release one or more of the aromatic amines listed in Appendix 8, in detectable concentrations, i.e. above 30 mg/kg (0,003 % by weight) in the articles or in the dyed parts thereof, according to the testing methods listed in Appendix 10, shall not be used, in textile and leather articles which may come into direct and prolonged contact with the human skin or oral cavity, such as:

 

— clothing, bedding, towels, hairpieces, wigs, hats, nappies and other sanitary items, sleeping bags,
— footwear, gloves, wristwatch straps, handbags, purses/wallets, briefcases, chair covers, purses worn round the neck,
— textile or leather toys and toys which include textile or leather garments,
— yarn and fabrics intended for use by the final consumer.

 

2. Furthermore, the textile and leather articles referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be placed on the market unless they conform to the requirements set out in that paragraph.

 

3. Azodyes, which are contained in Appendix 9, ‘List of azodyes’ shall not be placed on the market, or used, as substances, or in mixtures in concentrations greater than 0,1 % by weight, where the substance or the mixture is intended for colouring textile and leather articles.

 

Entry 45

Diphenylether, octabromo derivative
オクタブロモジフェニルエーテル
C12H2Br8O

 

Conditions of restriction

1. Shall not be placed on the market, or used:
— as a substance,
— as a constituent of other substances, or in mixtures, in concentrations greater than 0,1 % by weight.

 

2. Articles shall not be placed on the market if they, or flame-retardant parts thereof, contain this substance in concentrations greater than 0,1 % by weight.

 

3. By way of derogation, paragraph 2 shall not apply:
— to articles that were in use in the Community before 15 August 2004,
— to electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC.

 

 

Entry 46

(a) Nonylphenol　C6H4(OH)C9H19
　　ノニルフェノール
　　CAS No 25154-52-3, EC No 246-672-0　
　（2020.12.16削除）

 

(b) Nonylphenol ethoxylates 　(C2H4O)nC15H24O
　　ノニルフェノールエトキシレート

Conditions of restriction

Shall not be placed on the market, or used, as substances or in mixtures in concentrations equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight for the following purposes:

 

(1) industrial and institutional cleaning except:

 

— controlled closed dry cleaning systems where the washing liquid is recycled or incinerated,
— cleaning systems with special treatment where the washing liquid is recycled or incinerated.

 

(2) domestic cleaning;

 

(3) textiles and leather processing except:
— processing with no release into waste water,
— systems with special treatment where the process water is pre-treated to remove the organic fraction completely prior to biological waste water treatment (degreasing of sheepskin);

 

(4) emulsifier in agricultural teat dips;

 

(5) metal working except:
— uses in controlled closed systems where the washing liquid is recycled or incinerated;

 

(6) manufacturing of pulp and paper;

 

(7) cosmetic products;

 

(8) other personal care products except:
— spermicides;

 

(9)co-formulants in pesticides and biocides. However national authorisations for pesticides or biocidal products containing nonylphenol ethoxylates as co-formulant, granted before 17 July 2003, shall not be affected by this restriction until their date of expiry.

 

Entry 46a

Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE)　 (C2H4O)nC15H24O
ノニルフェノールエトキシレート

 

Conditions of restriction

1. Shall not be placed on the market after 3 February 2021 in textile articles which can reasonably be expected to be washed in water during their normal lifecycle, in concentrations equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of that textile article or of each part of the textile article.

 

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the placing on the market of second- hand textile articles or of new textile articles produced, without the use of NPE, exclusively from recycled textiles.

 

3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, “textile article” means any unfinished, semi-finished or finished product which is composed of at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, or any other product that contains a part which is composed of at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, including products such as clothing, accessories, interior textiles, fibres, yarn, fabrics and knitted panels.’

 

Entry 47

Chromium VI compounds
６価クロム化合物

 

Conditions of restriction

1. Cement and cement-containing mixtures shall not be placed on the market, or used, if they contain, when hydrated, more than 2 mg/kg (0,0002%) soluble chromium VI of the total dry weight of the cement.

 

2. If reducing agents are used, then without prejudice to the application of other Community provisions on the classification, packaging and labelling of substances and mixtures, suppliers shall ensure before the placing on the market that the packaging of cement or cement-containing mixtures is visibly, legibly and indelibly marked with information on the packing date, as well as on the storage conditions and the storage period appropriate to maintainingthe activity of the reducing agent and to keeping the content of solublechromiumVI below the limit indicated in paragraph 1.

 

3. By way of derogation, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the placing on the market for, and use in, controlled closed and totally automated processes in which cement and cement-containing mixtures are handled solely by machines and in which there is no possibility of contact with the skin.

 

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.

 

5. Leather articles coming into contact with the skin shall not be placed on the market where they contain chromium VI in concentrations equal to or greater than 3 mg/kg (0,0003 % by weight) of the total dry weight of the leather.

 

6. Articles containing leather parts coming into contact with the skin shall not be placed on the market where any of those leather parts contains chromium VI in concentrations equal to or greater than 3 mg/kg (0,0003 % by weight) of the total dry weight of that leather part.

 

7. Paragraphs 5 and 6 shall not apply to the placing on the market of second-hand articles which were in end-use in the Union before 1 May 2015.

 

Entry 48

Toluene
トルエン
　CAS No 108-88-3, EC No 203-625-9

 

Conditions of restriction

Shall not be placed on the market, or used, as a substance or in mixtures in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight where the substance or mixture is used in adhesives or spray paints intended for supply to the general public.

 

Entry 49

Trichlorobenzene
トリクロロベンゼン
　CAS No 120-82-1, EC No 204-428-0

 

Conditions of restriction

Shall not be placed on the market, or used, as a substance or in mixtures in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight for any use except:

 

— as an intermediate of synthesis, or,
— as a process solvent in closed chemical applications for chlorination reactions, or,
— in the manufacture of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB).

 

Entry 50

Polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

 

(a) Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP)
　　ベンゾ[a]ピレン
　　CAS No 50-32-8
(b) Benzo[e]pyrene (BeP)
　　ベンゾ[e]ピレン
　　CAS No 192-97-2　　
(c) Benzo[a]anthracene (BaA)
　　ベンゾ[a]アントラセン
　　CAS No 56-55-3
(d) Chrysen (CHR)
　　クリセン
　　CAS No 218-01-9
(e) Benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbFA)
　　ベンゾ[b]フルオランテン
　　CAS No 205-99-2
(f) Benzo[j]fluoranthene (BjFA)
　　ベンゾ[j]フルオランテン
　　CAS No 205-82-3
(g) Benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkFA)
　　ベンゾ[k]フルオランテン
　　CAS No 207-08-9
(h) Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene (DBAhA)
　　ジベンゾ[a,h]アントラセン
　　CAS No 53-70-3

 

Conditions of restriction

1. From 1 January 2010, extender oils shall not be placed on the market, or used for the production of tyres or parts of tyres if they contain:
— more than 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight) BaP, or,
— more than 10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) of the sum of all listed PAHs.

 

The standard EN 16143:2013 (Petroleum products
— Determination of content of Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in extender oils
— Procedure using double LC cleaning and GC/MS analysis) shall be used as the test method for demonstrating conformity with the limits referred to in the first subparagraph.

 

Until 23 September 2016, the limits referred to in the first subparagraph may be regarded as kept, if the polycyclic aromatics (PCA) extract is less than 3 % by weight as measured by the Institute of Petroleum standard IP 346:1998 (Determination of PCA in unused lubricating base oils and asphaltene free petroleum fractions — Dimethyl sulphoxide extraction refractive index method), provided that compliance with the limits of BaP and of the listed PAHs, as well as the correlation of the measured values with the PCA extract, is measured by the manufacturer or importer every six months or after each major operational change, whichever is earlier.

 

2. Furthermore, tyres and treads for retreading manufactured after 1 January 2010 shall not be placed on the market if they contain extender oils exceeding the limits indicated in paragraph 1.

 

These limits shall be regarded as kept, if the vulcanised rubber compounds do not exceed the limit of 0,35 % Bay protons as measured and calculated by ISO 21461 (Rubber vulcanised — Determination of aromaticity of oil in vulcanised rubber compounds).

 

3. By way of derogation, paragraph 2 shall not apply to retreaded tyres if their tread does not contain extender oils exceeding the limits referred to in paragraph 1.

 

4. For the purpose of this entry ‘tyres’ shall mean tyres for vehicles covered by:

 

— Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (*),
— Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units (**), and
— Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC (***).

 

5. Articles shall not be placed on the market for supply to the general public, if any of their rubber or plastic components that come into direct as well as prolonged or short-term repetitive contact with the human skin or the oral cavity, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, contain more than 1 mg/kg (0,0001 % by weight of this component) of any of the listed PAHs.

 

Such articles include amongst others:
— sport equipment such as bicycles, golf clubs, racquets
— household utensils, trolleys, walking frames
— tools for domestic use
— clothing, footwear, gloves and sportswear
— watch-straps, wrist-bands, masks, head-bands

 

 

6. Toys, including activity toys, and childcare articles, shall not be placed on the market, if any of their rubber or plastic components that come into direct as well as prolonged or shortterm repetitive contact with the human skin or the oral cavity, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, contain more than 0,5 mg/kg (0,00005 % by weight of this component) of any of the listed PAHs.

 

7. By way of derogation from paragraphs 5 and 6, these paragraphs shall not apply to articles placed on the market for the first time before 27 December 2015.

 

8. By 27 December 2017, the Commission shall review the limit values in paragraphs 5 and 6 in the light of new scientific information, including migration of PAHs from the articles referred to therein, and information on alternative raw materials and, if appropriate, modify these paragraphs accordingly.
(*) OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 171, 9.7.2003, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1