
Article 1 
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 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, 11 July 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended as follows:

Reference number Substance identification Conditions Wording of conditions of use and warnings
Chemical Name Colour index Number/Name of Common Ingredients Glossary CAS number EC number Colour Product type, Body parts Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation Other
a b c d e f g h i j
‘126 Carbon black 77266 1333-86-4, 7440-44-0 215-609-9, 231-153-3, 931-328-0, 931-334-3 Black   Purity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm. 
126a Carbon black 77266 (nano)Carbon Black (nano) 1333-86-4, 7440-44-0 215-609-9, 231-153-3, 931-328-0, 931-334-3 Black  10 % Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end user's lungs by inhalation.Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed:
— Purity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, and total Hg ≤ 1 ppm;
— Primary particle size ≥ 20 nm.’ 
