EU Commission Adopts Decisions on Authorisations for DEHP and DBP

Mar. 17th, 2015
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On 17 Mar 2015, the European Commission published decisions on authorisations for DEHP and DBP for specific purposes, and the date of expiry of review period is 21 Feb 2019.

The detailed information of decisions granting an authorisation are as follow:

Substance name

EC No

CAS No

Authorised use

Reasons for the decision

Bis(2-ethylhexyl)

phthalate (DEHP)

204-211-0

117-81-7

The industrial use of DEHP in the manufacture of solid propellants and motor charges for rockets and tactical missiles — Risk is adequately controlled in accordance with Article 60(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

— There are no suitable alternatives at present and search for technically feasible alternatives is ongoing under a replacement programme with requalification requirements for defence industry products.

Dibutyl phthalate

(DBP)

201-557-4

84-74-2

The industrial use of DBP in the manufacture of solid propellants and motor charges for rockets and tactical missiles The industrial use of DBP within a specialty paint in the manufacture of motors for rockets and tactical missiles

Source: Decisions on authorisations for DEHP and DBP