Commission decided

09-kol-2013

Manufacturing, and all industrial and professional uses of the substance, where workers’ exposure exceeds a level specified in the restriction.

21-pro-2018

Opinions adopted

08-tra-2022

The proposal intends to restrict the use of Terphenyl, hydrogenated as a substance, in mixtures and articles or parts thereof.

13-ruj-2023

Not conforming

16-sij-2015

08-sij-2019

Not conforming

17-lip-2016

Restricting manufacturing and the industrial use.

08-sij-2019

Commission decided

05-lis-2018

Risk reduction for the general worker population

01-pro-2021

Opinions adopted

20-pro-2019

1. Shall not be manufactured, or placed on the market as substances on their own from [date].

2. Shall not, from [date], be used in the production of, or placed on the market in:
(a) another substance, as a constituent;
(b) a mixture;
(c) an article, in a concentration equal to or above x %.

18-svi-2022

Commission decided

07-lis-2016

1. Shall not be used as substances on their own, as a constituent in other substances or in mixtures for industrial and professional uses, unless.

a) the cumulative concentration of diisocyanates in the substance or mixture is less than 0.1 % by weight, or
b) the substance or mixture in the form in which it is supplied to the user, including the combination of such substance or mixture, its packaging and any application aid is placed on the market in accordance with paragraph 2b), or
c) the employer or self-employed worker ensures that measures and trainings are taken prior to the use of the substances or mixtures in accordance with the provisions described in Appendix 13[1] (Trainings and Measures).

Member States may implement or continue to apply own provisions for the use of these substances and mixtures as long as the minimum requirements of Appendix Trainings and Measures are met. The employer or self-employed worker shall document the compliance to the requirements of Appendix 13 (Trainings and Measures). Proof of successful completion of a training according to Appendix 13 (Trainings and Measures) shall be recognised in all other Member States.

2. Shall not be placed on the market as substances on their own, as a constituent in other substances or in mixtures for industrial and professional uses, unless

a) the cumulative concentration of diisocyanates in the substance or mixture is less than 0.1 % by weight, or
b) the substance or mixture in the form in which it is supplied to the user, including the combination of such substance or mixture, its packaging and any application aid is compliant with Appendix 12 (Exemptions), or
c) the supplier ensures that the recipient of the substance or mixture is provided with information according to paragraph 3.

3. For the purpose of 2c) manufacturers and importers of diisocyanates on their own or as a constituent in other substances and importers of mixtures containing diisocyanates shall develop a set of teaching material in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 13 (Trainings and Measures) in an official language of the Member State where the substance or mixture is placed on the market before placing the substance or mixture on the market. They shall ensure that training courses based on the training material are available to the recipients of such substances or mixtures. They shall review and update the training material after a maximum of 8 years, or without delay if new information, which may affect the risk management measures, becomes available and inform the recipients accordingly.

Natural or legal persons formulating mixtures containing diisocyanates within the EU shall provide necessary information for the development of the teaching material upon request of their substance suppliers. All downstream users may be consulted for the purpose of the development and update of the teaching material.

[1] The texts of “Appendix Trainings and Measures” and “Appendix Exemptions” are two separate documents. A short summary can be found in A.2.2. Additional information can be found in Appendix 5 to the dossier. The document on Appendix 13 attached to this proposal contains elements that should be included in the final legal text of the Appendix.

10-kol-2020

Withdrawn

07-lis-2022

Restricting the placing on the market of mixtures and articles where concentration is equal to or greater than 10 ppm (0.001 % by weight).
The first condition shall not apply to mixtures and articles where the bisphenols in the scope of the restriction are either covalently bound to any type of matrix (i.e. via functioning as a cross-linker) or are used as intermediates in the manufacture of polymers, and for which

i. contact to aqueous media in any form (i.e. also cleaning) can be excluded during their reasonable and foreseeable use throughout their service life or

ii. the migration limit in the respective mixtures and articles does not exceed 0.04 mg/L over the entire service life.

25-lis-2023

Intention

03-lis-2025

Restriction of the manufacture, placing on the market and use of 1,4-dioxane in surfactants.

18-lis-2023

Opinions adopted

09-lis-2020

This restriction proposal aims at reducing health risk associated with the wearing of single-use baby diapers on children and infants under the age of three that are placed on the market and can contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (dioxins or PCDDs), polychlorodibenzofurans (furans or PCDFs), polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and/or formaldehyde.

20-tra-2022