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18 February 2020  
(20-1232) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 18 February 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union .  
 
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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of 
adapting to sc ientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for bis(2 -ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in 
certain rubber components used in engine systems  
The European Union would lik e to inform the WTO Members that Commission Delegated Directive 
(EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical 
progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards an exemption for bis(2 -ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in certain rubber components used in 
engine systems was adopted on 8 August 2019 and published in the Official Journal of the EU L 283 
of 5 November 2019.  
The text of the Regulation is available o n the EU -TBT website in English, French and Spanish:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/ , and in all the official la nguages of the EU at:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?qid=1581607963541&uri=CELEX:32019L1845  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_1272_00_e.pdf  
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