Identification of PTBP as a Substance of Very High Concern | Draft EU Commission Implementing Decision

Title of document
Draft Commission Implementing Decision on the identification of 4-tert-butyltoluene (PTBT) as a substance of very high concern according to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4 page(s), in English)

Description
This draft Commission Decision aims at identifying 4-tert-butyltoluene (PTBT) as a substance of very high concern due to its endocrine disrupting properties whose effects to the environment give rise to an equivalent level of concern according to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).

Notifying member: European Union

Notification: G/TBT/N/EU/641

Objective tag
Protection of the environment

Objective
4-tert-butylphenol meets the criteria for its identification as a substance of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 due to its endocrine disrupting properties whose effects on the environment give rise to an equivalent concern to other substances of very high concern. The objective of this draft is to identify 4-tert-butylphenol as a substance of very high concern due to these properties and to include that substance in the Candidate List referred to in Article 59(1) of REACH.

Documents

• 19_0709_00_e.pdf

Agency responsible
European Commission

Timing:

• Submission: 05/02/2019
• Reception: 05/02/2019
• Distribution: 07/02/2019
• Final date for comments: 08/04/2019
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A