
Article 1 
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 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.
It shall apply from 10 October 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 September 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the following entry 62 is added:
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62. 
((a)) Phenylmercury acetate

 EC No: 200-532-5
 CAS No: 62-38-4
((b)) Phenylmercury propionate

 EC No: 203-094-3
 CAS No: 103-27-5
((c)) Phenylmercury 2-ethylhexanoate

 EC No: 236-326-7
 CAS No: 13302-00-6
((d)) Phenylmercury octanoate

 EC No: -
 CAS No: 13864-38-5
((e)) Phenylmercury neodecanoate

 EC No: 247-783-7
 CAS No: 26545-49-3
 
1. Shall not be manufactured, placed on the market or used as substances or in mixtures after 10 October 2017 if the concentration of mercury in the mixtures is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight.

2. Articles or any parts thereof containing one or more of these substances shall not be placed on the market after 10 October 2017 if the concentration of mercury in the articles or any part thereof is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight.
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