9.5.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 136/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 474/2014 of 8 May 2014 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (‘REACH’) as regards 1,4-dichlorobenzene (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard 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 (), and in particular Article 68(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) A risk assessment on 1,4 dichlorobenzene (hereinafter ‘DCB’) was carried out by the French authorities in accord- ance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 (3 on the evaluation and control of the risks of the existing substances appearing in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances. The final report was published in 2004 on the European Chemicals Bureau website (EC, 2004) (°). (2)  In February 2008, the Commission communication (*) on the results of the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for DCB was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. That communication recommended that, in order to limit the risk for consumers, marketing and use restrictions in Council Directive 76/769/EEC (°) should be considered for the use of DCB in air fresheners, moth repellents and toilet blocks. Restrictions on the use of DCB as a moth repellent, as recommended by that communication in 2008, are already covered by Commission Decision 2007/565/EC () (product type 19 — Repellents and attractants) and therefore restriction under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is not necessary for that use. (3)  In November 2011, in accordance with Article 69(1) of that Regulation, the Commission requested the European Chemicals Agency (hereinafter ‘the Agency’) to prepare a restriction dossier for DCB conforming to the require- ments of Annex XV to that Regulation (hereinafter ‘the Annex XV dossier’). (4)  In its request the Commission specifically asked the Agency to address the exposure of consumers at home and in public toilets, including the exposure of professionals attending or cleaning such toilets, taking into account the most recent and relevant information in scientific literature and the decline of the use of DCB in Europe. The report (’) commissioned by the Commission on the socioeconomic impacts of a restriction of DCB was also to be considered in this assessment. () OJL 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1. (%) Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances (O] L 84, 5.4.1993,p.1). () EURisk Asr;ess)ment Report on 1,4-dichlorobenzene. European Chemicals Bureau, Existing substances, Volume 48. (*) Commission communication on the results of the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: Piperazine; Cyclo- hexane; Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate; But-2yne-1,4-diol; Methyloxirane; Aniline; 2-Ethylhexylacrylate; 1,4-Dichlorobenzene; 3,5-dinitro-2,6-dimethyl-4-tert-butylacetophenone; Di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate; Phenol; 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (O] C 34, 7.2.2008,p. 1). () Council Dg)reczive 76/769[EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, .201). ©) FC)ommission Decision 2007/565/EC of 14 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market of certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) thereof (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 17). () RPA — Risk & Policy Analysts Limited (2010) Socio-Economic Evaluation arising from a Proposal for Risk Reduction Measures related to Restrictions on 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, Final Report — June 2010. http://ec.europa.eu/fenterprise/sectors/chemicals/documents/reach/studies/index_en.htm