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E=RR \\ N 1B et weseorniars-26m0n0 m EUSRUORPooEEAMNCCOmOIMMMISSIeSOINO.N,n sommes se Directors General BBE re, Vny [rr ---- -- Lo Beethovenstrale la+b Et|C S mcon Subject: oYnoucromepisincoefw2itahndComAmpieslio20n20ReguIimnpiaocnt o(fFUh)e2C01O7V/I10D0109ofo1n3brJeusnke 2007 DDeeaarr] ;| Thank you for your lettersof 2 and 8 April 2020, in which you outline a numberof concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic and request a delay in the entry into application of the rReesstruiicttioonns) loafidpedrofwonrooicniaAnncnieexeiXdVI(IPFtOoA)R.eg1ualsatlioni(dEPC)FONtoe1e90d7/2s0u0b6ti(nthees.REACH WThee re awaofofthteheCdOiVIfD-f1s5 dthratsmaannydsewcetodrsrinaclumdingsyonous1,waire caukerlnye.fcfionrgdcern0 activities to resume normal operational conditions again. The Commission is carefully eTxoamTineingtareans wcheareacomeplxiaanmcienweitsh.Ei U legiswlialtiloinngmtaoycboecmoemre eTxceossiivelywdhieffeicueltldule `possible and duly justified. However, the Commission is not in a position 10 agree to your `request in viewofthe recent developments. Inparticular, we would like to inform you that the REACH restriction concerning PFOA will `be superseded by a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (POPs Regulation) to include PFOA. Accordingly. the Commission is proposing. to delete the REACH restriction concerning PFOA from Annex XVII to the REACH CRoemsmiine.s Discusion on the dra Commision Rgulaon hich freee his deletion 0 `well as a number of other changes to Annex XVII are currently ongoing in the REACH CSTC ASAI SAAR AREER This delegated act has been published in the Official Journal1 and applies as of 4 July 2020. This act translates into EU Law the decision to list PFOA under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and, therefore, the Commission is not planning to amend the legal text at this stage to postpone the entry into application. Yours sincerely, (e-signed) Joanna Drake Acting Director-General DG Environment (e-signed) Kerstin Jorna Director-General DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg del/2020/784/oj (OHFWURQLFDOO\ VLJQHG RQ 87& LQ DFFRUGDQFH ZLWK DUWLFOH 9DOLGLW\ RI HOHFWURQLF GRFXPHQWV RI &RPPLVVLRQ 'HFLVLRQ 2