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Environmental Protection (Controls on Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 3274 of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Timber Post-harvest treatment Pollution control Hazardous substances
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations come into force on 6 January and 30 June 2004.
Abstract

Regulation 3 sets out exclusions to the restrictions on the placing on the market and use of dangerous substances and preparations under the Regulations. Regulation 4 prohibits the placing on the market from 6th January 2004 of short chain chlorinated paraffins in concentrations greater than 1 percent for use in metalworking or for fat liquoring of leather. Regulation 5 prohibits the use of arsenic compounds as substances or constituents of preparations intended for specified uses. The placing on the market of wood treated with substances or preparations containing arsenic compounds is also prohibited. Regulation 6 contains derogations to the restrictions in regulation 5, such that inorganic compounds of the copper, chromium, arsenic (CCA) type C may be used as substances and preparations in the preservation of wood in industrial installations using vacuum or pressure to impregnate wood. Wood so treated may not be placed on the market before fixation of the preservative is completed. Wood treated with CCA solutions in industrial installations may be placed on the market for professional and industrial uses specified in regulation 6(3) and subject to conditions specified in regulations 6(6) and (7).

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2002/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the twentieth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins)

Legislation | European Union | 2002

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 2003/2/EC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of arsenic (tenth adaptation to technical progress to Council Directive 76/769/EEC)

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX