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Legislative Decree No. 65 implementing Directives 1999/45/EC and 2001/60/EC relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 87, 14 April 2003
Subject
Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pesticides Internal trade Packaging/labelling Classification/declassification Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties Pollution control Hazardous substances
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

In implementation of Community legislation, the present Legislative Decree makes rules on the classification, packaging and labelling of preparations destined to be placed on the market which contain at least one of the dangerous substances defined by article 2 of Legislative Decree No. 52 of 3 February 1997 and which have been classified as dangerous upon specific assessment as per articles 4 to 6 hereto. The Legislative Decree shall apply also to the classification, packaging and labelling safety data sheet regarding plant protection products as well as biocids. The products listed out in paragraph 5 of article 1 shall not fall within the application scope. Articles 3 to 6 concern the assessment procedure intended to determine whether certain preparations are dangerous or not. In particular, article 5 deals with the assessment of possible hazards to human health, whereas article 6 refers to hazards to the environment. The preparations referred to in article 1 may be placed on the market only if they comply with the requirements established under articles 8 and 9 relative to packaging and labelling respectively. The person responsible for placing on the market a preparation within the meaning of article 1 shall provide a safety data sheet (art. 13). The Higher Health Institute is designated to be the body responsible for receiving information, including chemical composition, relating to preparations placed on the market and considered dangerous on the basis of their health effects or on the basis of their physico-chemical effects (art. 15). Article 18 lays down penalties.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.comune.jesi.an.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Directive 2001/60/EC adapting to technical progress Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Legislation | European Union | 2001

Keyword: Pesticides, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Legislation | European Union | 1999

Keyword: Pesticides, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Ministerial Circular laying down explanatory guides for the implementation of Legislative Decree No. 65 of 14 March 2003 implementing Directives 1999/45/EC and 2001/60/EC relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Legislation | Italy | 2004

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree implementing Directive 2006/8/EC concerning the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Legislation | Italy | 2007

Keyword: Pesticides, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Legislative Decree No. 260 supplementing Legislative Decree No. 65 of 14 March 2003 relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations.

Legislation | Italy | 2004

Keyword: Pesticides, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX