COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 466/2008

of 28 May 2008

imposing testing and information requirements on the importers and manufacturers of certain priority substances in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances(1), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The rapporteurs designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 have evaluated the information submitted by the manufacturers and importers in respect of certain priority substances. After consultation of those manufacturers and importers, the rapporteurs have determined that it is necessary for the purposes of the risk evaluation to require those manufacturers and importers to submit further information and carry out further testing.

(2) The information needed to evaluate the substances in question is not available from former manufacturers or importers. The manufacturers and importers have checked, in accordance with Article 10(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93, that tests on animals cannot be replaced or limited by using other methods.

(3) It is therefore appropriate to request manufacturers and importers of priority substances to submit further information and carry out further testing of those substances. The protocols submitted by the rapporteurs to the Commission should be used for performing those tests.

(4) The provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The manufacturers and importers of the substances listed in the Annex, who have submitted information in accordance with the requirements of Articles 3, 4, 7 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93, shall provide the information and perform the tests indicated in the Annex and shall deliver the results to the relevant rapporteurs.

The tests shall be performed according to the protocols specified by the rapporteurs.

The results shall be delivered within the time limits laid down in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 28 May 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 84, 5.4.1993, p. 1

. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (

OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1

ANNEX

No	Einecs No	CAS No	Substance name	Rapporteur	Testing/information requirements	Time limit from the date of entry into force of this Regulation
1	247-759-6	26523-78-4	Tris (nonylphenyl) phosphite	FR	Acute toxicity test with Daphnia magna Information on structure of TNPP Information on water solubility Log Kow determination Hydrolysis test Sediment test with Lumbriculus variegatus Monitoring data for sites with PEC/PNEC > 1 Long-term Daphnia test depending on outcome of acute Daphnia test	4 months
2	237-410-6 239-148-8	13775-53-6 15096-52-3	Trisodium hexafluoroaluminate	DE	Information on downstream uses Information on emissions to the aquatic compartment for all lifecycle stages Information on emissions to the atmosphere for all lifecycle stages Information on hardness of receiving water body for two producers Information on fraction of cryolite in particulate emissions of aluminium smelters Dissolution study	4 months
3	266-028-2	65996-93-2	Pitch, coal tar, high temp	NL	Information on the release of the 16 EPA PAHs to the different environmental compartments from the use of CTPHT in the production and use of binder for coal briquetting clay pigeons and heavy-duty corrosion protection	4 months
4	246-690-9	25617-70-8	2,4,4-trimethylpentene	DE	Information on emissions from production and processing sites into wastewater treatment plants, surface water and sediment Activated sludge respiration inhibition test (OECD 209) Long-term Daphnia magna reproduction test (OECD 211)	4 months
5	231-111-4	7440-02-0	Nickel	DK	Sediment toxicity testing	12 months
	232-104-9	7786-81-4	Nickel sulphate
	222-068-2	3333-67-3	Nickel carbonate
	231-743-0	7718-54-9	Nickel dichloride
	236-068-5	13138-45-9	Nickel dinitrate
6	287-477-0	85535-85-9	Alkanes, C14-17, chloro	UK	Fish bioaccumulation study (OECD TG 305)	6 months
7	202-696-3	98-73-7	Nitrobenzene	DE	Local lymph node assay (OECD TG 429/B42)	6 months
8	202-679-0	98-54-4	4-Tert-butylphenol	NO	Local exposure information on the releases from two processing sites (5 and 6) into wastewater treatment plants and aquatic compartment (freshwater and marine)	4 months
9	200-915-7	75-91-2	Tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)	NL	Repeated dose (28 day) toxicity (inhalation) (OECD 412 — B8)	12 months
9	200-915-7	75-91-2	Tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)	NL	COMET assay on respiratory tissue	15 months