REACH 附件 XVII 第 20 条中“已在使用”一词的含义是什么？

REACH 附件 XVII 第 20 条中“已在使用”一词的含义是什么？

What is the meaning of the expression "already in use" in the context of the entry 20 of Annex XVII to REACH?

REACH 法规附件 XVII 第 20 条第 4(b)、5(b) 和 6(b) 款规定，不符合该款 (a) 点的物品（以及第 5(b) 条规定的混合物）不得在 [某个日期] 之后投放市场，“但在该日期之前已在联盟内使用的物品除外”。“已在使用”是指最终用户持有。因此，这些例外情况仅适用于在该条目第 4(b)、5(b) 和 6(b) 款所述日期之前到达最终用户的物品。这些（二手）物品可以在相应禁令生效日期之后继续交易。所有在禁令生效之日仍由分销商持有或存放在进口商或制造商仓储设施中的物品均应从分销链中撤出。

Paragraphs 4(b), 5(b) and 6(b) of entry 20 of Annex XVII to REACH, state that articles (and mixtures in the case of article 5(b)) not complying with point (a) of the paragraph shall not be placed on the market after [a certain date] ‘except for articles that were already in use in the Union before that date'".    The phrase ‘already in use' means in the possession of the end-user. Therefore, the derogations apply only to articles which reached end-users before the dates referred to in paragraphs 4(b), 5(b) and 6(b) of the entry. Those (second-hand) articles may continue to be traded after the dates on which the respective bans came into force. All articles still held by distributors, or in the storage facilities of importers or manufacturers on the dates when the bans came into force, should have been withdrawn from the distribution chain.