ANNEX VIII

Provisions referred to in Article 69 of the Act of Accession

1. 391 L 0173: Council Directive 91/173/EEC of 21 March 1991 (pentachlorophenol) amending for the ninth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (OJ No L 85, 5.4.1991, p. 34).

2. 391 L 0338: Council Directive 91/338/EEC of 18 June 1991 (cadmium) amending for the tenth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (OJ No L 186, 12.7.1991, p. 59).

Point 2.1 of the Annex to the Directive concerning the use of cadmium as stabilizer in PVC.

3. 389 L 0677: Council Directive 89/677/EEC of 21 December 1989 (mercury, arsenic and organostannic compounds) amending for the eighth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (OJ No L 398, 30.12.1989, p. 19).

Insofar as the Directive concerns organostannic compounds.

4. 376 L 0116: Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilisers (OJ No L 24, 30.1.1976, p. 21), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/69/EEC of 23 July 1993 (OJ No L 185, 28.7.1993, p. 30).

Article 7, insofar as the cadmium content of fertilizers is concerned.

5. 385 L 0210: Council Directive 85/210/EEC of 20 March 1985 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the lead content of petrol (OJ No L 96, 3.4.1985, p. 25), as amended by Council Directive 87/416/EEC of 21 July 1987 (OJ No L 225, 13.8.1987, p. 33).

Article 7, with respect to the benzene content of petrol referred to in Article 4.

6. 393 L 0012: Council Directive 93/12/EEC of 23 March 1993 relating to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (OJ No L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 81).

Article 3, with respect to the sulphur content of gas oils referred to in Article 2(2), first subparagraph.

7. 391 L 0157: Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances (OJ No L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 38).

Article 9, with respect to the mercury content of alkaline manganese batteries referred to in Article 3 (1).

8. 367 L 0548: 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 (OJ No L 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1).

(a) Article 30 in conjunction with Articles 4 and 5, with respect to the requirements for the classification of the 50 substances listed in Annex I to the Directive and shown in the attached Appendix, in that Austria may require the use of different classification and labelling for these substances

(b) Article 30 in conjunction with Articles 4 and 5, inasmuch as substances classified as 'very toxic`, 'toxic` and 'harmful` may, in addition to the provisions set out in the Directive, also be subject to specific registration procedures ('OEsterreichische Giftliste`)

(c) Article 30 in conjunction with Article 23 (2), in that Austria may require the use of:

(i) labels with additional symbols not included in Annex II of the Directive and S-phrases not included in Annex IV to the Directive, regarding the safe disposal of dangerous substances;

(ii) labels with additional S-phrases not included in Annex IV to the Directive, regarding counter-measures in case of accident;

(iii) labels with additional phrases not included in Annex III or Annex IV to the Directive, regarding restrictions on the sale of poisonous substances.

(d) For substances covered by points (a) and (c) above, the provisions of Article 23(2) of the Directive requiring the use of the words 'EEC label`.

9. 388 L 0379: Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (OJ No L 187, 16.7.1988, p. 14), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/18/EEC of 5 April 1993 (OJ No L 104, 29.4.1993, p. 46).

(a) Article 13 in conjunction with Articles 3 and 7 with respect to preparations containing substances as defined in point 8(a) of this Annex;

(b) Article 13 in conjunction with Article 7 with respect to labelling requirements as listed in point 8 (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) above.

(c) Article 13 in conjunction with Article 7 (1) (c), for dangerous substances contained in dangerous preparations.

10. 378 L 0631: Council Directive 78/631/EEC of 26 June 1978 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (pesticides) (OJ No L 206, 29.7.1978, p. 13), as last amended by Council Directive 92/32/EEC of 30 April 1992 (OJ No L 154, 5.6.1992, p. 1).

11. 391 L 0414: Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ No L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1)

Articles 15 and 16 (f) in so far as these provisions on classification and labelling refer to Council Directive 78/631/EEC of 26 June 1978 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (pesticides) (OJ No L 206, 29.7.1978, p. 13), as last amended by Council Directive 92/32/EEC of 30 April 1992 (OJ No L 154, 5.6.1992, p. 1).

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