COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1492/96 of 26 July 1996 amending Annex II and Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 of 23 July 1992, concerning Community exports and imports of certain dangerous chemicals (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 3135/94 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 sets up a system of notification and information for imports from and exports to third countries of certain dangerous chemicals; whereas certain of these chemicals are subject to the international prior informed consent procedure (PIC) established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO);
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 further provides for the participation of the Community in the international notification and prior informed consent procedure;
Whereas Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides, inter alia, that Annex II to the said Regulation should comprise a list of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure, a list of the countries participating in the PIC scheme and the PIC decisions of importing countries;
Whereas Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides that Annex II should be amended where the UNEP and the FAO have initiated amendments to the list of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure and to the PIC decisions of importing countries;
Whereas, a number of such amendments having been so initiated, it is necessary, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, to amend its Annex II, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/94 (3);
Whereas the exports of chemicals to which Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 applies are subject to a common notification procedure which permits the Community to notify third countries with regard to such exports;
Whereas Article 4 (1) of the Regulation states that notifications of exports from the Community to third countries must comply with the requirements set out in Annex III;
Whereas, in the light of experience gained and to ensure a better information of third countries, it is desirable to amend Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92;
Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 29 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (4), as last amended by Commission Directive 94/69/EC (5),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to this Regulation replaces Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92.
Article 2
Annex II to this Regulation replaces Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92.
Article 3
This Regulation shall come into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 1996.