EU Member States passed application for authorisation on three uses of phthalate DBP proposed by producer DEZA recently. The Official Journey of the European Union will publish authorisation documents.

The three applications are as the following:

Substance	Applicant	Use	Expiry date
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) EC No.: 201-557-4 CAS No.: 84-74-2	DEZA a.s.	- Use of DBP as an absorption solvent in a closed system in the manufacture of maleic anhydride (MA)	21/02/2019
		- Use of DBP in propellants Formulation: Industrial use of DBP as a burning rate surface moderant, plasticiser and/or coolant in the formulation of nitrocellulose-based propellant grains.	21/02/2019
		- Industrial use of DBP in ceramic sheets and printing pastes for production of capacitors and lambda sensor elements	21/02/2019