
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 19 June 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 is amended as follows:

((1)) Part A is amended as follows:

((a)) in the entry for perfluoroctane sulphonic acid and its derivates (PFOS) point 6 in the column ‘Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification’ is replaced by the following:
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6. Once standards are adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) they shall be used as the analytical test methods for demonstrating the conformity of substances, preparations and articles to paragraphs 1 and 2. Any other analytical method for which the user can prove equivalent performance could be used as an alternative to the CEN standards.
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((b)) the following entry is added:

Substance CAS No EC No Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification
‘Endosulfan 115-29-7959-98-833213-65-9 204-079-4 
1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing endosulfan as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013.

2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing endosulfan as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed.

3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.’

((2)) in Part B, the following entries are added:

Substance CAS No EC No Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification
‘Hexachlorobutadiene 87-68-3 201-765-5 
1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing hexachlorobutadiene as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013.

2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing hexachlorobutadiene as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed.

3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

Polychlorinated naphthalenes   
1. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing polychlorinated naphthalenes as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013.

2. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing polychlorinated naphthalenes as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed.

3. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

Alkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs) 85535-84-8 287-476-5 
1. By way of derogation, the production, placing on the market and use of substances or preparations containing SCCPs in concentrations lower than 1 % by weight shall be allowed.

2. 

((a)) fire retardants in rubber used in conveyor belts in the mining industry;
((b)) fire retardants in dam sealants.

3. Placing on the market and use of articles produced before or on 10 July 2012 containing SCCPs as a constituent of such articles shall be allowed until 10 January 2013.

4. Placing on the market and use of articles already in use before or on 10 July 2012 containing SCCPs as a constituent of articles shall be allowed.

5. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to articles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
As soon as new information on details of uses and safer alternative substances or technologies become available, the Commission shall review the derogations set out in point 2 so that the uses of SCCPs be phased out.

