Commission Directive 2000/32/EC
of 19 May 2000
adapting to technical progress for the 26th 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(1)
(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(2), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 1999/33/EC(3), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of dangerous substances, together with particulars of the classification and labelling of each substance. Present scientific and technical knowledge has shown that the list of dangerous substances in that Annex should be adapted. Certain language versions of the Directive require corrections in specific sections of the foreword and of Table A to Annex I.
(2) Annex III to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of phrases indicating the nature of special risks attributed to dangerous substances and preparations. Annex IV to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a list of the phrases indicating the safety advice concerning dangerous substances and preparations. Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC contains a guide to the classification and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations. Certain language versions of the Directive require corrections in specific sections of Annexes III, IV and VI.
(3) Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC lays down the methods for the determination of the physico-chemical properties, toxicity and ecotoxicity of substances and preparations. It is necessary to adapt that Annex to technical progress.
(4) Annex IX to Directive 67/548/EEC contains the provisions relating to child-proof fastenings. Those provisions should be adapted and updated. It is necessary to extend the scope of the use of child-proof fastenings.
(5) 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 hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) Note Q in Annex 1A to this Directive replaces the corresponding note in the Foreword.
(b) The rows in Annex 1B to this Directive replace the corresponding rows in Table A.
(c) The entries in Annex 1C to this Directive replace the corresponding entries.
(d) The entries in Annex 1D to this Directive are inserted.
2. The risk phrase in Annex 2 to this Directive replaces the corresponding phrase in Annex III.
3. Annex IV is amended as follows:
(a) The safety phrases in Annex 3A to this Directive replace the corresponding phrases in Annex IV.
(b) The combined safety phrases in Annex 3B to this Directive replace the corresponding phrases in Annex IV.
4. Part B of Annex V is amended as follows:
(a) The text in Annex 4A to this Directive replaces Chapter B.10.
(b) The text in Annex 4B to this Directive replaces Chapter B.11.
(c) The text in Annex 4C to this Directive replaces Chapter B.12.
(d) The text in Annex 4D to this Directive replaces Chapters B.13 and B.14.
(e) The text in Annex 4E to this Directive replaces Chapter B.17.
(f) The text in Annex 4F to this Directive replaces Chapter B.23. The title of Chapter B.23 in the explanatory note is changed accordingly.
(g) The text in Annex 4G to this Directive is added.
5. The fourth indent of the general introduction to Part C of Annex V is deleted.
6. The texts in Annex 5 to this Directive replace the corresponding texts in Annex VI.
7. Annex IX is amended as set out in Annex 6 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 June 2001 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, 19 May 2000.