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On 1 February 2018, the European Commission (EC) submitted a draft amendment to the World Trade Organization (WTO)1, to add a new restriction on hazardous substances (carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMRs) category 1A or 1B) in clothing, other textiles and footwear under Annex XVII of the REACH.
In 2015, the EC in collaboration with the ECHA and Member States Competent Authorities identified a preliminary list of CMR substances category 1A or 1B potentially present in textile articles and clothing. This is the first time that the EC restricts a list of CMR substances (category 1A or 1B) to specific groups of consumer products. The EC intended to restrict the CMR substances in textile articles and clothing under Article 68(2) (simplified procedure) of REACH.
Afterwards, the EC launched a public consultation to collect comments from the stakeholders, and discussed with the stakeholders on specific aspects of the restriction (including the limits and availability of testing methods) in a technical workshop4 which was held in 2017. Considering the comments received, the EC drafted the restriction on CMRs in textile articles to amend REACH Annex XVII.
The new restriction is expected to publish in the 3rd quarter of 2018, and it will set a general 24-months transitional period.
See Table A and Table B for the proposed restriction on CMRs in textiles in details.
Table A. Proposed restriction on CMRs in textiles
Proposed scope of restriction |
|
Proposed limit |
See Table B for substances and limits |
Proposed exemption |
|
Proposed date of application |
24 months after the date of entry into force |
Table B. Substances and limits within the proposed restriction
Substance |
CAS No. |
Limit (by weight in homogenous materials) |
Cadmium and its compounds (listed in Annex XVII, Entry 28, 29, 30, Appendices 1-6) |
- |
Extractable Cadmium: 1 mg/kg |
Chromium VI compounds (listed in Annex XVII, Entry 28, 29, 30, Appendices 1-6) |
- |
Extractable Chromium VI: 1 mg/kg |
Arsenic compounds (listed in Annex XVII, Entry 28, 29, 30, Appendices 1-6) |
- |
Extractable Arsenic: 1 mg/kg |
Lead and its compounds (listed in Annex XVII, Entry 28, 29, 30, Appendices 1-6) |
- |
Extractable Lead: 1 mg/kg |
Benzene |
71-43-2 |
5 mg/kg |
Benz[a]anthracene |
56-55-3 |
1 mg/kg (each) |
Benz[e]acephenanthrylene |
205-99-2 |
|
Benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[def]chrysene |
50-32-8 |
|
Benzo[e]pyrene |
192-97-2 |
|
Benzo[j]fluoranthene |
205-82-3 |
|
Benzo[k]fluoranthene |
207-08-9 |
|
Chrysene |
218-01-9 |
|
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene |
53-70-3 |
|
a,a,a, 4-tetrachlorotoluene; p-chlorobenzotrichloride |
5216-25-1 |
1 mg/kg |
a,a,a-trichlorotoluene; benzotrichloride |
98-07-7 |
1 mg/kg |
a-chlorotoluene; benzylchloride |
100-44-7 |
1 mg/kg |
Formaldehyde |
50-00-0 |
75 mg/kg |
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid; di-C 6-8-branched alkylesters, C 7-rich |
71888-89-6 |
1000 mg/kg (individually or in combination with other phthalates in this entry or in other entries of Annex XVII that are classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in any of the hazard classes CMR 1A or 1B) |
Bis(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate |
117-82-8 |
|
Diisopentylphthalate |
605-50-5 |
|
Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPP) |
131-18-0 |
|
Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP) |
84-75-3 |
|
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) |
872-50-4 |
3000 mg/kg |
N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) |
127-19-5 |
3000 mg/kg |
N,N-dimethylfomamide; dimethyl fomamide (DMF) |
68-12-2 |
3000 mg/kg |
1,4,5,8-tetraaminoanthraquinone; C.I. Disperse Blue 1 |
2475-45-8 |
50 mg/kg |
Benzenamine, 4,4‘-(4-iminocyclohexa-2,5-dienylidenemethylene)dianiline hydrochloride; C.I.Basic Red 9 |
569-61-9 |
50 mg/kg |
[4-[4,4‘-bis(dimethylamino)benzhydrylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]dimethylammonium chloride; C.I. Basic Violet 3 with ≥ 0,1% of Michler’s ketone (EC no. 202-027-5) |
548-62-9 |
50 mg/kg |
4-chloro-o-toluidinium chloride |
3165-93-3 |
30 mg/kg |
2-Naphthylammoniumacetate |
553-00-4 |
30 mg/kg |
4-methoxy-m-phenylene diammonium sulphate; 2,4-diaminoanisole sulphate |
39156-41-7 |
30 mg/kg |
2,4,5-trimethylaniline hydrochloride |
21436-97-5 |
30 mg/kg |
Quinoline |
91-22-5 |
50 mg/kg |
[1] EC Notification sent to WTO
[2] Draft text sent to WTO (Part 1)
[3] Draft text sent to WTO (Part 2)
[4] Technical workshop on potential restriction of CMRs 1A and 1B in textiles
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