EU strengthens regulation for substances under REACH Annex XVII

ECHA publishes list of substances of the REACH-EN-FORCE-4 (REF -4) projecton 26 June 2015. The list includes 14 substances under REACH Annex XVII.
 

Substances	REACH Annex XVII entry
Benzene	5
Asbestos fibres	6
Cadmium and its compounds	23
Nickel and its compounds	27
Chloroform	32
Azocolourants and Azodyes	43
Diphenylether, octabromo derivative C12H2Br8O	45
Chromium VI compounds	47
Toluene	48
Trichlorobenzene	49
Polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)	50
Phthalates (DEHP,DBP,BBP)	51
Phthalates (DINP,DIDP,DNOP)	52
Lead and its compounds	63

 
All state members participating in the project shall select substances that most compliant with their domestic markets and priorities, and submit audit report to the WG on the selected substances. The REF-4 project will begin its formal operation in 2016 and publish related working report in 2017.
 
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