6Article 37 of that regulation, entitled ‘Procedure for harmonisation of classification and labelling of substances’, is worded as follows:1. A competent authority may submit to the [European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)] a proposal for harmonised classification and labelling of substances and, where appropriate, specific concentration limits ……4. The Committee for Risk Assessment of [ECHA] set up pursuant to Article 76(1)(c) of 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 (OJ 2006 L 396, p. 849, and corrigendum OJ 2007 L 136, p. 3)] shall adopt an opinion on any proposal submitted pursuant to paragraphs 1 or 2 within 18 months of receipt of the proposal, giving the parties concerned the opportunity to comment. [ECHA] shall forward this opinion and any comments to the Commission.5. The Commission shall without undue delay adopt delegated acts … where it finds that the harmonisation of the classification and labelling of the substance concerned is appropriate, to amend Annex VI by inclusion of that substance together with the relevant classification and labelling elements in Table 3.1 of Part 3 of Annex VI and, where appropriate, the specific concentration limits ……’
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