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7 April 2022  
(22-2783) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION (EC) NO 1272/2008 (CLP REGULATION)  (ID 539)  
TECHNICAL STATEMENT  BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  TO THE COMMITTEE ON  
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
9–11 MARCH 2022 
The following communication, dated 11 March 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Russian Federation . 
 
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1.  The Russian Federation reiterates its statements made during the previous meetings of the 
Committee on TBT with regard to the cobalt classification as a carcinogen 1b for all routes of 
exposure. We appreciate efforts of the EU on adoption of the gastric bioelution protocol at the levels 
of the EU and the OECD. In this regard, we would like to request that the E U update the Committee 
on developments in this work.  
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