L 1/20 Official Journal of the European Union 3.1.2004 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 2003 concerning national provisions on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins notified by the Kingdom of the Netherlands under Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty (notified under document number C(2003) 4749) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/1/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95(6) thereof, Whereas: . FACTS (1) By letter of the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union of 17 January 2003, the Dutch Government, referring to Article 95(4) of the Treaty, notified to the Commission its national provisions on the use of short chain chlorinated paraffins (hereinafter referred to as SCCPs) that it deems necessary to maintain after the adoption of Directive 2002/45/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 amending for the 20th time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (SCCPs) (). 1. ARTICLE 95(4) AND (6) OF THE TREATY (2)  Article 95(4) and (6) of the Treaty provides: ‘4, If, after the adoption by the Council or by the Commission of a harmonisation measure, a Member State deems it necessary to maintain national provisions on grounds of major needs referred to in Article 30, or relating to the protection of the environment or the working envir- onment, it shall notify the Commission of these provisions as well as the grounds for main- taining them. (o) () OJL 177, 6.7.2002, p. 21.