26.7.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 18727 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 2003 extending the period referred to in Article 95(6) of the EC Treaty in relation to the national provisions on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins notified by the Netherlands under Article 95(4) (notified under document number C(2003) 2539) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/549/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95(6) thereof, Whereas: . FACTS (1) By letter of the Office of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union of 17 January 2003, the Dutch Government, referring to Article 95(4) of the Treaty, notified to the Commission its national provisions on the use of Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (hereinafter referred to as SCCPs) that it deems necessary to maintain after the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/45/EC of 25 June 2002 amending for the 20th time Council Directive 76/769/EEC (!). 1. Article 95(4) and (6) of the Treaty (2)  Article 95(4) and (6) of the Treaty provides: ‘4. If, after the adoption by the Council or by the Commission of a harmonisation measure, a Member State deems it necessary to maintain national provisions on grounds of major needs referred to in Article 30, or relating to the protection of the environment or the working environ- ment, it shall notify the Commission of these provisions as well as the grounds for maintaining them. (..) 6. The Commission shall, within six months of the notification approve or reject the national provisions involved after having verified whether or not they are a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction to trade between Member States and whether or not they shall constitute an obstacle to the functioning of the internal market () OJL 177, 6.7.2002, p. 21.