NEWSupdate:2015-05-18 NO.: DOC150501-01EU Amending AnnexXVII to REACH as regards lead and its compoundsOn 23 April 2015, European Commission published Commission Regulation(EU) No 2015/628 amending Annex XVII to Regulation(EC) No 1907/2006, column 2 of entry 63 as regards lead and its compounds. With paragraph 6 being replaced and paragraphs 7 to 10 added. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall be implemented from 1 June 2016. According to the regulation, if articles or accessible parts thereof may, during normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, be placed in the mouth by children, the concentration of lead (expressed as metal) in those articles or accessible parts thereof should be less than 0.05 % by weight. This regulation covers various products, such as household goods, children product, textile, footwear, bags and suitcases, stationery, sports and leisure goods. However, that limit shall not apply where it can be demonstrated that the rate of lead release from such an article or any such accessible part of an article, whether coated or uncoated, does not exceed 0,05 μg /cm 2 per hour (equivalent to 0,05 μg /g/h), and, for coated articles, that the coating is sufficient to ensure that this release rate is not exceeded for a period of at least two years of normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use of the article. In AnnexXVII to Regulation(EC) No 1907/2006, column 2 of entry 63 is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: (2) The following paragraphs 7 to 10 are added: That limit shall not apply where it can be demonstrated that the rate of lead release from such an article or any such accessible part of an article, whether coated or uncoated, does not exceed 0,05 μg/cm2 per hour (equivalent to 0,05 μg/g/h), and, for coated articles, that the coating is sufficient to ensure that this release rate is not exceeded for a period of at least two years of normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use of the article. For the purposes of this paragraph, it is considered that an article or accessible part of an article may be placed in the mouth by children if it is smaller than 5 cm in one dimension or has a detachable or protruding part of that size. 8. By way of derogation, paragraph 7 shall not apply to: 9. By 1 July 2019, the Commission shall re-evaluate paragraphs 7 and 8(e), (f), (i) and (j) of this entry in the light of new scientific information, including the availability of alternatives and the migration of lead from the articles referred to in paragraph 7, including the requirement on coating integrity, and, if appropriate, modify this entry accordingly. 10. By way of derogation paragraph 7 shall not apply to articles placed on the market for the first time before 1 June 2016. See below attachment for detail information: |
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