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Decree-Law No. 61/2010 regulating marketing of aerosol dispensers.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 111, 9 June 2010.
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Pollution control Internal trade Packaging/labelling International trade Classification/declassification
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree-Law, consisting of four Chapters and one Annex, establishes the rules to be complied for the marketing of aerosol dispensers, transposing into National legislation the Commission Directive No. 2008/47/EC, relating to aerosol dispensers. It applies to sets of a non-reusable container in metal, glass or plastic containing compressed, liquefied or dissolved gas under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder and fitted with a valve that allows the content in the form of solid or liquid particles suspended in a gas or in the form of foam. This Decree-Law does not apply for aerosol container with a total capacity of: a) less than 50 ml; b) more than 1000 ml, when the container is in metal; c) more than 220 ml when the container is in glass.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

Legislation | European Union | 2008 (2017)

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Pollution control, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, International trade, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree-Law No. 62/2014 amending Decree-Law No. 61/2010 on marketing of aerosol dispensers.

Legislation | Portugal | 2014

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Pollution control, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, International trade, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX