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S.I. No. 183/1995 - European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

S.I. No. 183 of 1995.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EXPORT AND IMPORT OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS) (PESTICIDES) (ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

I, IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 of 23 July 19921, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 41/94 of 11 January 19942 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94 of 15 December 19943, hereby make the following Regulations:

1 Citation and Commencement.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of August, 1995.

(3) The European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 and shall be construed together as one.

2 Interpretation.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Reguations" means the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 135 of 1995 ).

3 Amendment.

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the text of Annex I of the First Schedule by the following:

1O.J. No. L251/13, 29/8/1992.

2O.J. No. L8/1, 12/1/1994.

3O.J. No. L332/1, 22/12/1994.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Annex I

(Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94)

List of chemicals banned or severely restricted to certain uses by Community legislation owing to their effects on health and the environment

Chemical

CAS No.

(a)

EINECS No. (b)

Use category (c)

Use limitation

(d)

1. Mercuric oxide

21908-53-2

244-654-7

p

b

2. Mercurous chloride (calomel)

10112-91-1

233-307-5

p

b

3. Other inorganic mercury compounds

p

b

4. Alkyl mercury compounds

p

b

5. Alkoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds

p

b

6. Aldrin

309-00-2

206-215-8

p

b

7. Chlordane

57-74-9

200-349-0

p

b

8. Dieldrin

60-57-1

200-484-5

p

b

9. DDT

50-29-3

200-024-3

p

b

10. Endrin

72-20-8

200-775-7

p

b

11. HCH containing less than 99.0% of the gamma isomer

608-73-1

210-168-9

p

b

12. Heptachlor

76-44-8

200-962-3

p

b

13. Hexachlorobenzene

118-74-1

204-273-9

p

b

14. Camphechlor (toxaphene)

8001-35-2

232-283-3

p

b

15. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), except mono and dichlorinated biphenyls

1336-36-3

215-648-1

i

b

16. Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT)

61788-33-8

262-968-2

i

b

17. Preparations with a PCB or PCT content higher than 0.005% by weight

i

b

18. Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate

126-72-7

204-799-9

i

sr

19. Tris-aziridinylphosphinoxide

545-55-1

208-892-5

i

sr

20. Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)

i

sr

21. Asbestos fibres Crocidolite

12001-28-4

i

b

Amosite

12172-73-5

i

b

Anthopyllite

77536-67-5

i

b

Actinolite

77536-66-4

i

b

Tremolite

77536-68-6

i

b

22. Nitrofen

1836-75-5

217-406-0

p

b

23. 1,2-Dibromoethane

106-93-4

203-444-5

p

b

24. 1,2-Dichloroethane

107-06-2

203-458-1

p

b

25. Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters

87-86-5

201-778-6

i

sr

26. Ugilec 121

i

b

27. Ugilec 141

76253-60-6

278-404-3

i

sr

28. DBBT

99688-47-8

i

b

29. Ethylene oxide

75-21-8

200-849-9

p

b

30. Dinoseb, its acetate and salts

88-85-7

201-861-7

p

b

31. Binapacryl

485-31-4

207-612-9

p

b

32. Captafol

2425-06-1

219-363-3

p

b

33. Dicofol containing > 1 g/kg of DDT and DDT related compounds

115-32-2

204-082-0

p

b

34. ( a ) Maleic hydrazide, and its salts, other than its choline, potassium and sodium salts;

( b ) Choline, potassium and sodium salts of maleic hydrazide containing more than 1 mg/kg of free hydrazine expressed on the basis of the acid equivalent

123-33-1

204-619-9

p

b

35. Quintozene containing more than 1 g/kg of hexachlorobenzene or > 10 g/kg of pentachlorobenzene

82-68-8

201-435-0

p

b

36. 2-Naphthylamine

91-59-8

202-080-4

i

sr

37. Benzidine

92-87-5

202-199-1

i

sr

38. 4-Nitrobiphenyl

92-93-3

202-204-7

i

sr

39. 4-A minobiphenyl

92-67-1

202-177-1

i

sr

( a ) CAS = Chemical Abstracts Service.

( b ) EINECS = European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances.

( c ) Use category:

p: plant protection product

i: industrial chemical.

( d ) Use limitation:

sr: severe restriction

b: ban.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of July, 1995.

IVAN YATES,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations serve to implement the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94 which extends the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92. In particular the list of chemicals which have been banned or severely restricted to certain uses by Community legislation owing to their effects on health and the environment, is extended.