On 9 April 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union published a decision to grant an authorisation for DBP.

Risk is adequately controlled in accordance with Article 60(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. Besides, there are no suitable alternatives at present. So the European Commission grants a company in Czech Republic an authorisation for Dibutyl phthalate (DBP). The details for the authorised uses are as following:

Date of decision	Substance name	Holder of the authorisation	Authorisation number	Authorised use	Date of expiry of review period
8 April 2016	Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) EC No 201-557-4 CAS No 84-74-2Deza	Deza a.s., Masarykova 753, 75728 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	REACH/16/1/0	The use of DBP as an absorption solvent in a closed system in the manufacture of maleic anhydride	21 February 2027
			REACH/16/1/1	The 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; Use at industrial site: Industrial use of DBP-containing propellant grains in manufacture of ammunition for military and civilian uses, and pyrocartridges for aircraft ejection seat safety systems (includes propellants for police-force ammunition and excludes propellants intended for manual, private reloading of ammunition cartridges by civilian users, i.e., licensed individual sports shooters and hunters. No consumer use of DBP or its mixtures is covered by this use)	21 February 2027
			REACH/16/1/2	The industrial use of DBP in ceramic sheets and printing pastes for production of capacitors and lambda sensor elements21	21 February 2019

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C&K Testing advises that substances listed in Annex XIV to REACH Regulation can be used where application is authorised.