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- Ref. Ares(2021)6802903 -05/11/2021 EUROPEAN COMMISSIO N DIRECTORATEG- ENERAL FOR INTERNALMARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP ANDSMES Ecosystems I: Chemicals, Food, Retail REACH DIRECTORATEG- ENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT Circular Economy and Green Growth Sustainable Chemicals Bmssels GROW.F.1- grow.f.1(2021)7477219 Subject: Request to prepare a restriction proposal on per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams and cooperate with the authorities working on preparation ofa 'universal' restriction proposal forPFAS Dea.i Thank you for your letter concerning a three-month submission delay of the Annex XV Restriction dossier on thePFAS in fire-fighting foams. We take a good note of the reasons for such a postponement and we a.ie looking forward to receiving the dossier mid-Janua.iy 2022. DG InternalMarket, Industry Entrepreneurship and SMEs DG Enviromnent Commission eur eenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIE - Tel. +32 22991111 Office: - Tel. direct line +32 22- Electronically signed on 04/11/2021 11 29 (UTC+Ol) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482