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Ref Ares(2021)661000 - 27/01/2021 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTOR ATEGENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMES Chemicals and Consumer Industries REACH DIRECTOR ATEGENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT Circular Economy and Green Growth Sustainable Chemicals Brussels GROW .D.1iM grow.dolg 1 .d.1(2021)133983 Alber & Geier _( albergeiger.com Subject: Necessary exemption from the PFHxA Restriction Dear Thank you for your messages of 23 December requesting meetings to discuss the PFHxA restriction proposal and the need for a derogation on behalf of your client. We have also been asked to reply on behalf of , Mr Pettinelli, Mr Cozigou and , who have receives similar messages. Currently the PFHxA restriction is at the stage of ECHA opinion development. More specifically, the first public consultation has finished and the received stakeholder comments, including those of your client, are being evaluates by ECHA's Scientific Committees. Once their draft opinion is published, a second public consultation will take place during which stakeholders may provide further comments. During those stages, the Commission is in general not yet actively involved and has rather the role of au observer. We therefore believe that it will be more efficient to meet once the ECHA opinion is available (expected not before June this year). Due to the significant number of derogation requests, we would also encourage you to co-ordinate with other concerned companies, if appropriate through associations such as the FluoroCouncil. Kind regards Commission europeenne/Europese Commissie. 1049 BruzellesiBrussel. BELGIQTJE/BELGIE - Tel. +32 22991111 Office: BREY Email: -- Direct line:M Office: B .155 Email: -- Direct line: (32 2) 29M @ec.europa.eu DG Internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship and SMEs DG Environment Cc: Mr Cozigou, Mr Pettinelli, , Mr Sadauskas, , , (GROW) (ENV) 2 Electronically signed on 26/01/2021 20:21 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482