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Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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[X1 Article 59 U.K. Identification of substances referred to in Article 57
1. The procedure set out in paragraphs 2 to 10 of this Article shall apply for the purpose of identifying substances meeting the criteria referred to in Article 57 and establishing a candidate list for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV. The Agency shall indicate, within this list, the substances that are on its work programme according to Article 83(3)(e).
[F11A. The Agency must include in its candidate list every substance that is included in ECHA's candidate list under Article 59(1) of EU REACH immediately before IP completion day.]
2. [F2An appropriate authority] may ask the Agency to prepare a dossier in accordance with relevant Sections of Annex XV for substances which in its opinion meet the criteria set out in Article 57. [F3The dossier may be limited, if appropriate, to a reference to an entry in [F4the GB mandatory classification and labelling list] .] The Agency shall make this dossier available to the [F5appropriate authorities] .
3. [F6The Agency] may prepare a dossier in accordance with Annex XV for substances which in its opinion meet the criteria set out in Article 57 F7 .... [F3The dossier may be limited, if appropriate, to a reference to an entry in [F8the GB mandatory classification and labelling list] .] The Agency shall make this dossier available [F9to the appropriate authorities] .
4. The Agency shall publish on its website a notice that an Annex XV dossier has been prepared for a substance. The Agency shall invite all interested parties to submit comments within a specified deadline to the Agency.
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6. If the Agency does not receive F11 ... any comments, it shall include this substance on the list referred to in paragraph 1. The Agency may include this substance in its recommendations under Article 58(3).
7. When comments are F12 ... received, the Agency [F13must consider the comments and make a decision on the identification of the substance within 45 days of the deadline specified in paragraph 4] .
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10. The Agency shall publish and update the list referred to in paragraph 1 on its website without delay after a decision on inclusion of a substance has been taken. ]
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X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 396 of 30 December 2006).
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F1 Art. 59(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1313, regs. 1(3), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2 Words in Art. 59(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance).
F4 Words in Art. 59(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5 Words in Art. 59(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6 Words in Art. 59(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7 Words in Art. 59(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8 Words in Art. 59(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9 Words in Art. 59(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10 Art. 59(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11 Words in Art. 59(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12 Words in Art. 59(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13 Words in Art. 59(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14 Art. 59(8) (9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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