Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/961 of 7 June 2019 authorising a provisional measure taken by the French Republic in accordance with Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) to restrict the use and the placing on the market of certain wood treated with creosote and other creosote-related substances (notified under document C(2019) 4122) (Text with EEA relevance.)

1 Subject to paragraph 2, the provisional measure notified to the Commission by France on 25 February 2019 concerning the restriction of the use and the placing on the market of certain treated wood (‘the provisional measure’), is authorised for a duration of 27 months from the date of effect of this Decision.

2 The authorisation shall expire on the earlier of the following dates if any of them occurs before the expiry of the duration specified in paragraph 1: (a) where the Union restrictions procedure initiated with regard to the provisional measure results into an amendment of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the date on which that amendment becomes applicable; (b) six months after the Union restrictions procedure initiated with regard to the provisional measure is finalised without the Commission proposing a draft restriction.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.