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This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance ethoprophos is not renewed. Existing authorised plant protection products containing ethoprophos will be withdrawn from the market.

This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy performance, reparability, recyclability and information requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (e.g. supermarket cabinets, beverage coolers, small ice-cream freezers, gelato-scooping cabinets and vending machines), as there exists a cost-effective potential to limit their energy consumption and improve their contribution to resource efficiency objectives. (In accordance with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC)

The draft Commission Delegated Regulation establishes requirements for the energy labelling and the provision of product information of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (e.g. supermarket cabinets, beverage coolers, small ice-cream freezers, gelato-scooping cabinets and vending machines) . In particular, it defines an energy label with A to G classes and requires suppliers to upload the label data, the product information sheet and technical documentation into a product registration database before products can be placed on the EU market.

This draft Commission Regulation sets compulsory requirements on the energy efficiency (minimum efficiency of the internal power supply unit, and maximum low-power-mode consumption), as well as on the material efficiency (such as the disassemblability of certain components) of welding equipment. (In accordance with Framework Directive 2009/125/EC)

This draft Regulation amends Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 with respect to emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, regarding the Auxiliary Emission Strategies (AES), the transfer of provisions on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and the introduction of cold engine start provisions and particle number measurement in vehicle testing by means of portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS).

This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance chlorothalonil is not renewed

This draft Commission Implementing Regulation approves cholecalciferol as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 14

Draft Regulation for a 14th adaptation to technical progress of 'Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation)' amending table 3 to Annex VI of the CLP Regulation by introducing new or revised entries for the harmonised classification and labelling of 28 substances and by removing 2 substances. It also amends Annexes II and III to the CLP Regulation by defining specific labelling obligation for mixtures containing titanium dioxide. Lastly, the classification of the substance pitch, coal tar, high temp. is corrected.

Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Firstly, the proposed amendments modify these Annexes of REACH by deleting and replacing references to and terms from former legislation. In particular, the word "dangerous" is substituted by the word "hazardous", the first one having become obsolete since the repeal of two Directives in June 2015. Secondly, Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 contains a list of substances exempt from the obligation to register in accordance with Article 2(7)(b) of that Regulation. Annex V should be amended to include an exemption for digestate which results from anaerobic digestion of organic material.

Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems. It aims to introduce the pause switch prohibition of the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) in Quiet Road Transport Vehicles (QRTV), such as hybrid electric or electric vehicles, equipped with AVAS, taking into account the corresponding requirements of UN Regulation No 138.01 on the approval of QRTV.