COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/98/EC of 15 December 1998 adapting to technical progress for the 25 time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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 (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/73/EC (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of dangerous substances, together with particulars of the classification and labelling procedures in respect of each substance; whereas present scientific and technical knowledge has shown that the list of dangerous substances in that Annex should be adapted; whereas in consequence it is necessary to amend the foreword to Annex I so as to include changes in nomenclature, format of entries, notes relating to the identification, classification and labelling of substances and notes relating to the labelling of preparations; whereas the list of dangerous substances in Annex I contains substances for which specific temporary classification and labelling derogations have been granted to Austria and Sweden by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; whereas the Act of Accession provides for the review of the classification and labelling requirements of those substances; whereas that review leads to the adaptation of classifications for a number of such substances;
Whereas Annex III to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of phrases indicating the nature of special risks attributed to dangerous substances and preparations; whereas it is necessary to introduce new phrases indicating the danger to health of certain substances and preparations;
Whereas Annex IV to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of the phrases indicating the safety advice concerning dangerous substances and preparations; whereas it is necessary to revise certain safety advice phrases related to the dangers to health and for the environment; whereas it is necessary to introduce certain safety advice phrases related to the dangers to health; whereas it is also necessary to introduce certain combined phrases relating to the use of dangerous substances and preparations;
Whereas Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a guide to the classification and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations; whereas it is necessary to amend this guide;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directive 67/548/EEC is amended as follows.
1. Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) the text in Annex 1A to this Directive replaces the corresponding text in the Foreword;
(b) the entries in Annex 1B to this Directive replace the corresponding entries;
(c) the entries in Annex 1C to this Directive are inserted;
(d) the entries in Annex 1D to this Directive are deleted.
2. Annex 2 to this Directive is inserted in Annex III.
3. Annex IV is amended as follows:
(a) the phrases in Annex 3A to this Directive replace the corresponding phrases;
(b) the phrases in Annex 3B to this Directive are inserted;
(c) the combined phrases in Annex 3C to this Directive are inserted.
4. Annex VI is amended as set out in Annex 4 to this Directive.
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 2000 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive and a correlation table between this Directive and the national provisions adopted.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1998.