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Document 52025XC02953

Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)

C/2025/3255

OJ C, C/2025/2953, 3.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2953/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2953/oj

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C/2025/2953

3.6.2025

Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006  (1) )

(Text with EEA relevance)

(C/2025/2953)

Decision granting an authorisation and repealing Implementing Decisions C(2023) 5 and C(2024) 57

Reference of the decision (2)

Date of decision

Substance name

Holder of the authorisation

Authorisation number

Authorised use

Date of expiry of review period

Reasons for the decision

C(2025) 3255

27 May 2025

4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (‘4-tert-OPnEO’)

PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PRC DeSoto International Inc., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam

REACH/25/29/0/R1

Repackaging hardener formulations containing 4-tert-OPnEO as a surfactant in a concentration above 0,1 % w/w, to be used within two-part polysulphide sealants in the aerospace and defence sector and associated supply chains

4 January 2029

In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies.

PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PPG Industries (UK) Ltd., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam

REACH/25/29/1/R1

PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PRC DeSoto International Inc., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam

REACH/25/29/2/R1

Mixing of base polysulfide sealant components with 4-tert-OPnEO containing hardener, resulting in mixtures containing less than 0,1 % w/w of 4-tert-OPnEO for aerospace and defence uses that are exempt from authorisation under Article 56(6), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, in the aerospace and defence sector and associated supply chains

PPG Europe B.V. in its legal capacity as Only Representative of PPG Industries (UK) Ltd., Oceanenweg 2, 1047 BB Amsterdam

REACH/25/29/3/R1


(1)   OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu)


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2953/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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