Europe - Draft Regulation Entry 50a (NEW) to Annex XVII REACH - PAHs in Clay Targets for Shooting

​The EU commission has published a proposal to restrict Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in clay targets for shooting.

The proposal amends RREACH Annex XVII Entry 50a and restrict PAH on their own or as constituents of other substances, in clay targets for shooting if they contain more than 50 mg/kg (0.005 % by weight of dry mass of the clay target) of the sum of all listed 18 PAHs.

50a. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
1. Acenaphthene, CAS No 83-32-9, EC No 201-469-6
2. Acenaphthylene, CAS No 208-96-8, EC No 205-917-1
3. Anthracene, CAS No 120-12-7, EC No 204-371-1
4. Benzo[a]anthracene, CAS No 56-55- 3, EC No 56-55-3
5. Benzo[a]pyrene, CAS No 50-32-8, EC No 200-028-5 (Benzo[def]chrysene)
6. Benzo[b]fluoranthene, CAS No 205- 99-2, EC No 205-911-9 (Benzo[e]acephenanthrylene)
7. Benzo[e]pyrene, CAS No 192-97-2 EC, No 205-892-7
8. Benzo[ghi]perylene, CAS No 191- 24-2, EC No 205-883-8
9. Benzo[j]fluoranthene, CAS No 205- 82-3, EC No 205-910-3
10. Benzo[k]fluoranthene, CAS No 207- 08-9, EC No 205-916-6
11. Chrysene, CAS No 218-01-9, EC No 205-923-4
12. Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, CAS No 53- 70-3, EC No 200-181-8
13. Fluoranthene, CAS No 206-44-0, EC No 205-912-4
14. Fluorene, CAS No 86-73-7, EC No 201-695-5
15. Indeno[1,2,3cd]pyrene, CAS No 193-39-5, EC No 205-893-2
16. Naphthalene, CAS No 91-20-3, EC No 202-049-5
17. Phenanthrene, CAS No 85-01-8, EC No 201-581-5
18. ​Pyrene, CAS No 129-00-0, EC No 204-927-3

Clay target shooting is a sport involving shooting a firearm at special flying targets known as clay targets (or clay pigeons). Clay targets are manufactured using different types of binders, including coal tar pitch high temperature (CTPht) which was included in Annex XIV of REACH (The Authorization List) in 2017.