Date: 28-Nov-2024Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2929 of 27 November 2024 correcting the French language version of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the concentration levels of some substances
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2929 corrects errors in the French language version of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) concerning the concentration levels of some substances.
The errors are located in entry 68, second column, point (2), the second subparagraph, point (10), the first and second sentence, and point (11), the first sentence, and in entry 73, second column, points (1) and (4) of Annex XVII.
The correction addresses inaccuracies introduced by Commission Regulations (EU) 2019/957 and (EU) 2021/1297.
Key Changes
The regulation specifically targets and corrects errors only in the French language version of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).
The errors pertain to the concentration levels of certain substances listed in entries 68 and 73 of the specified Annex.
The regulation does not affect other language versions of the Annex.
The errors were introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/957 of 11 June 2019 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1297 of 4 August 2021.
Impact Analysis
Stakeholders Affected
Businesses that manufacture, import, or use the substances listed in entries 68 and 73 of Annex XVII in France or French-speaking regions.
Suggested Action Items
Monitor future updates to REACH regulations and Annex XVII to ensure ongoing compliance.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing and implementing legislation.
European Parliament: The directly elected legislative body of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union consisting of government ministers from each member state.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH): A European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006: A list of restricted substances under the REACH regulation.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/957: Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards (3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctyl) silanetriol and TDFAs
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1297: Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorocarboxylic acids containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the chain (C9-C14 PFCAs), their salts and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances
Official Journal EN
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2024/2929 28.11.2024
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/2929
of 27 November 2024
correcting the French language version of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the concentration levels of some substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European
Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC,
93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC(1), and in particular Article 68(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The French language version of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 contains errors as regards the concentration levels of
some substances, in the table in Annex XVII, on the one hand in entry 68, second column, point (2), the second
subparagraph, point (10), the first and second sentence, and point (11), the first sentence, and on the other hand in
entry 73, second column, points (1) and (4). The errors affect the substance of those provisions.
(2) The French language version of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 should therefore be corrected
accordingly. The other language versions are not affected.
(3) Those errors were introduced by two Commission acts, Regulation (EU) 2019/957(2) and Regulation
(EU) 2021/1297(3). Therefore, based on the powers awarded to the Commission by the European Parliament and
the Council in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 to amend that Regulation, the Commission adopts
this correcting act.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under
Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, delivered prior to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/957 and
Regulation (EU) 2021/1297,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
(Does not concern the English language.)
(1) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/957 of 11 June 2019 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as
regards (3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctyl) silanetriol and TDFAs (OJ L 154, 12.6.2019, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/
reg/2019/957/oj).
(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1297 of 4 August 2021 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorocarboxylic acids containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the chain (C9-C14 PFCAs),
their salts and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances (OJ L 282, 5.8.2021, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1297/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2929/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 28.11.2024
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2024.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2929/oj