
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 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, 9 June 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX

In Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, in the entry for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS), in the fourth column (‘Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specification’), point 4 is amended as follows:

((1)) the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
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4.. If the quantity released into the environment is minimised, manufacturing and placing on the market shall be allowed until 7 September 2025 for use as mist suppressant for non-decorative hard chromium (VI) plating in closed loop systems. Provided that those Member States where PFOS is used report to the Commission by 7 September 2024 on progress made to eliminate PFOS and justify the continuing need for this use, the Commission shall review the need for a prolongation of the derogation for this use of PFOS for a maximum of five years by 7 September 2025.';
((2)) the third paragraph is deleted.
