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Article 6 is amended as follows: paragraph 1 is amended as follows: the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘With a view to achieving the objectives set out in Article 1 and taking account of the precautionary principle, a review, based on a thorough assessment, and an amendment of the list of restricted substances in Annex II shall be considered by the Commission periodically and at least every 4 years on its own initiative or following the submission of a restriction dossier prepared by a Member State containing the information referred to in paragraph 2.’; the fourth subparagraph is deleted. paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. The review and amendment of the list of restricted substances, or a group of similar substances, in Annex II shall be based on restriction dossiers prepared by the Agency at the request of the Commission or prepared by a Member State. In preparing restriction dossiers, the Agency or a Member State shall take into account any available information and any relevant assessment submitted for the purposes of other Union legal acts covering any part of the life cycle of the substance used in EEE, in particular the waste phase. To that end, other bodies established under Union law and carrying out similar tasks shall, on request, provide information to the Agency or Member State concerned. Restriction dossiers shall comply with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, and shall, in addition, contain the information set out in Annex Va.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.