# Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 73: Restriction decisions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. If the conditions laid down in Article 68 are fulfilled, the Secretary of State must propose a draft amendment to Annex XVII, within three months of receipt of the Agency's opinions . The functions of deciding whether to propose a draft amendment, and of proposing a draft amendment, are subject to the consent requirement in Article 4A.
Where the draft amendment diverges from the original proposal or if it does not take the opinions from the Agency into account, the Secretary of State shall annex a detailed explanation of the reasons for the differences.
2 . The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend Annex 17 to include the draft amendment.
Regulations under this paragraph are to be made by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing regulations made under this paragraph is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The function of making regulations under this Article is subject to the consent requirement in Article 4A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/article/73 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/article-73
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