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Board of Appeal permits a tonnage downgrade after draft compliance check decision

Date: 1 February 2022

BASF SE appealed to the Board of Appeal (BoA) after ECHA declined to reconsider its draft decision on compliance check of a substance which tonnage was downgraded by BASF SE upon ECHA’s draft decision. The substance involved was reaction product of [29H, 31 H-phthalocyaninato (2-)-N29, N30, N31, N32] zinc, sulphuric acid and caustic soda (EC No 939-524-8), originally registered at tonnage band 100-1000t/a and later downgraded to 10-100t/a.