Amendment to Annex XVII of REACH — New Official Testing Method of Restricted AZO
On 14 February 2013，Commission regulation (EU) No 126/2013 amending annex XVII to regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of REACH has been published in the official journal. The new European standard methods for determining the restricted azo colorants in textiles and leather have now been harmonised in Annex XVII. These will be the official methods and the change will become effective 20 days from this publication.
The Challenge:
Main amendment to Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006:
Appendix 10 is replaced by the following:
Entry 43 — Azocolourants
List of testing methods
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European standardisation organisation
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Reference and title of the harmonised standard
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Reference of the superseded standard
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CEN
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EN ISO 17234-1:2010
Leather — Chemical tests for the determination of certain azo colorants in dyed leathers —
Part 1: Determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants
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CEN ISO/TS 17234:2003
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CEN
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EN ISO 17234-2:2011
Leather — Chemical tests for the determination of certain azo colorants in dyed leathers —
Part 2: Determination of 4-aminoazobenzene
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CEN ISO/TS 17234:2003
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CEN
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EN14362-1:2012
Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants —
Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants accessible with and without extracting the fibres
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EN 14362-1:2003
EN 14362-2:2003
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CEN
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EN14362-3:2012
Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants —
Part 3: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants, which may release 4-aminoazobenzene
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The Solution:
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