Chemical substances

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 as regards applications for authorisation and review reports for the uses of substances in the production of legacy spare parts and in the repair of articles and complex products no longer produced and amending Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 (13 page(s), in English)

This draft Commission Implementing Regulation simplifies the applications for authorisation (under Title VII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - REACH) for uses of a substance in:

- the production of spare parts for the repair of articles or complex products, the production of which ceased or will have ceased before the sunset date specified in Annex XIV to REACH for that substance, where that substance was used in the production of those articles or complex products and these cannot function as intended without that spare part and the spare part cannot be produced without that substance ('production of legacy spare parts');

- the repair of articles or complex products the production of which ceased or will have ceased before the sunset date specified in Annex XIV for that substance, where that substance, on its own or in a mixture was used in the production of those articles or complex products and they cannot be repaired otherwise than by using that substance ('repair of no-longer-produced articles or complex products').

Furthermore, the draft Implementing Regulation proposes to reduce the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency for applications for authorisation and review reports for the uses covered by this draft regulation.