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ml Be wesc. ons: EET DEIRUERCTOOPRAETAENGECNEORMALM.ISSION Beruvsseelsl wil aM] 3M Science Applied (0 Life 3M Center, 220-14W-05 StPaul. MN 55144-1000 Dea "Thank you for your message of 19 April to Commissioner Sinkevicius. He asked me to replyonhis behalf. "The European Commission believes that PFAS are a concen, because of their extreme persistence. their occurrence and mobility in the environment and their ability to bioaccumulate and to cause adverse effect. For these reasons, in its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the Commission committed on phasing out the use of per- and polyfluoroalyl substances (PEAS)in the EU, unless their useisessential' On the regulatory side. as you probably already know, a group of national authorities sEtUartcehdemtihceaplrsocleegsisslfaotriornes(trRiEctAinCgHa.ll uTshees RofEPAFCAHS,reestxrciecpttiotnhpereoscseesnsticaolnsoindeesr,sucnadreerfutlhley each use of the substances under assessment, including the emissions, the availability of alternatives and the socio-economic impactof a potential ban. This will bethecase also for the useofPFAS in semiconductors. As national authorities have initiated this restriction process. the Commission is an ocbosnecrevmeirnagt tthhies usstaegeo.fIPwFoAuSldinthesnemiincvointdeuycotourstoipnrotvhiedepuablllicthceonrseulletvaanttionisnfofromraetsieoenn during the process. The Annex XV dossierforrestriction is expected to be submited to the ECHA's Scientific Committees in January 2023. During the courseof the year, there willbea6-months public consultatioon the AnnexXVdossier, followed bya 2-months public consultation on the Socio-Economic Assessment Committee's draft opinion. *hips. crop cnsironmentsrategy chenisals-stategy_sn hagasromlps tesistonproposal p copoii d peCoe mmis 101 Bsc Biusel, "BELGIQUEBELGE Tel +32239111 I cr: I expect that the Commission will receive the ECHA's opinion at the beginning of 2024 and at that point it will start drafting the legislation. Yours sincerely, (e-signed) Aurel CIOBANU-DORDEA 2 (OHFWURQLFDOO\ VLJQHG RQ 87& LQ DFFRUGDQFH ZLWK $UWLFOH RI &RPPLVVLRQ 'HFLVLRQ (8