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E m,|m \ EUROPEAN COMMISSION Poa 0 et rests 208 BErVusEselAs RES020) [Re Policy SEMI Europe R1u04ed0eBrluassSeclisence 14 E-mail: [EI@semior ear I. "Thank you for your letter. in which you raise the concernsofEU semiconductor industry as regards the inclusion of PFOA. its alts and PFOA-related compounds in Amex 1 10 Regulation (EU) No 2019/1021 (the POPs Regulation), recently publishedinthe Official JXoVuIrnIalt'o,RaEnAdCHth)e,dwehleitcihonoisfutnhdeer cdoirscruessspioonnidingthReERAECAHCHresCtormimctiitotne(ee.ntry 68ofAnnex. In the amendmentofAnnex I fo the POPS Regulation 10 include PFOA the Commission followed the decisionofthe Conferenceofthe Partiesofthe Stockholm Convention. In April 2019. just before the Conference of the Parties. SEMI sent fo the Commission a psoesmiitcioonndupcatpoerrs amouncing and for rtehfaturbaisdhemreongtatipoanrtfsorwtahse equipment used fo manufacture no longer needed. A SEMI rtheaptreCsoenntfaetrievnecgeavoef tthhee sPaarmteiesi.nfTohrimsatiisonthdeurrienagsotnhewdhiyscutshseiodneroongatthieonliswtainsgonfotPgFrOanAteidn under the Stockholm Convention and, as a consequence, has not been granted under the "POPs Regulation. C`CoonmcmeimsisinognthhaessaetltwianygsoafppalnieUdnitnhteemntiitonavlalTureaocftehCeonRtaEmAiCnaHntre(stUrTicCt)ionliamsitUvTaCluei,n tthhee POPs Regulation, when such value had been specified in a REACH restriction. UTCs higher than the limit valuesofREACH restrictions have only been introduced where duly justified. upon submission of specific information and afer discussion With the POPS `UCTomCpeltimeinttvAaultuheorfiotriesse.miTchoneduCcotmomrissesqiuoinpmednitd.not receive any justification for a higher peevecopa wielines del202075 CmtCoe m oe GREE T2201 eccome I would like to draw your attention to Article 4(2) of the POPs Regulation, which introduces an exemption for articles "already in use", which would apply to equipment for semiconductor production produced before the entry into application (4 July 2020). The interpretation of this exemption was discussed in a recent meeting of the POPs Competent Authorities and the Commission will soon publish a clarification. It is a regulatory practice of the Commission to delete specific entries of Annex XVII to REACH, once a substance listed in that Annex is included at a later stage in the Annexes to the POPs Regulation. Yours sincerely, (e-signed) 2 (OHFWURQLFDOO\ VLJQHG RQ 87& LQ DFFRUGDQFH ZLWK DUWLFOH 9DOLGLW\ RI HOHFWURQLF GRFXPHQWV RI &RPPLVVLRQ 'HFLVLRQ