Judgment_paragraph 30 · Verein zur Wahrung von Einsatz und Nutzung von Chromtrioxid und anderen Chrom-VI-verbindungen in der Oberflächentechnik eV (VECCO) and Others v European Commission (T-360/13)

30The second phase of the authorisation procedure concerns the inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation No 1907/2006 of a substance on the candidate list, in accordance with Article 58 of that regulation. Once that substance has been included in that annex and the conditions for its prohibition as laid down in Article 56 of that regulation are met, it can no longer be used or placed on the market unless, in the context of the third phase of the authorisation procedure, an authorisation for a specific use has been granted under Article 60 of that regulation. The decision to include that substance in Annex XIV is adopted by the Commission on the basis of a recommendation prepared by ECHA which takes into account the prior opinion of its Member State Committee and comments — in particular concerning uses which should be exempted from the authorisation requirement under Article 58(2) of Regulation No 1907/2006 — supplied by the interested parties in the context of a public consultation provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 58(4) of that regulation.