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Point 1 (Council Directive 67/548/EEC) shall be amended as follows: 1.1 The following indents shall be added: ‘— 398 L 0073: Commission Directive 98/73/EC of 18 September 1998 (OJ L 305, 16.11.1998, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 285, 8.11.1999, p. 1, — 398 L 0098: Commission Directive 98/98/EC of 15 December 1998 (OJ L 355, 30.12.1998, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 293, 15.11.1999, p. 1, — 32000 L 0032: Commission Directive 2000/32/EC of 19 May 2000 (OJ L 136, 8.6.2000, p. 1), — 32000 L 0033: Commission Directive 2000/33/EC of 25 April 2000 (OJ L 136, 8.6.2000, p. 90), — 32000 D 0368: Commission Decision 2000/368/EC of 19 May 2000 (OJ L 136, 8.6.2000, p. 108), — 32001 L 0059: Commission Directive 2001/59/EC of 6 August 2001 (OJ L 225, 21.8.2001, p. 1).’ 1.2 The adaptation text to Directive 67/548/EEC shall be replaced by the following: ‘The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purpose of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) Annex I to the Directive shall be supplemented as set out in Appendices 3 and 4 to Annex II of the Agreement. (b) As regards the exchange of information, the following shall apply: (i) The EFTA States that comply with the acquis on dangerous substances and preparations shall give equivalent guarantees to those existing within the Community that: — where the information is treated as confidential on the grounds of industrial and commercial secrecy within the Community, according to the provisions of the Directive, only those EFTA States which have taken over the relevant acquis shall participate in the exchange of information, — confidential information will be afforded the same degree of protection in the EFTA States as that which obtains within the Community. (ii) All EFTA States will participate in the exchange of information concerning all other aspects as provided for in the Directive. (c) The following provisions shall not apply to Norway until 30 June 2005: (i) Article 30, in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6, with respect to substances labelled in accordance with the existing Norwegian regulations concerning OAR-labelling; (ii) Article 30 in conjunction with Article 27, with respect to safety data sheets for substances covered by point 1 and for substances in the existing Norwegian list of threshold limit values (administrative norms). (d) The following provisions shall not apply to Norway: (i) Article 30, in conjunction with Articles 4 and 5, with respect to the requirements for the classification, labelling and/or specific concentration limits for the substances or groups of substances listed in Annex I to the Directive and shown in the following list. Norway may require the use of different classification, labelling and/or specific concentration limits for these substances; Name CAS No Index No Einecs n-hexane 110-54-3 601-037-00-0 203-777-6 benzo[a]pyren (benzo(def)chrysene) 50-32-8 601-032-00-3 200-028-5 acrylamide 79-06-1 616-003-00-0 201-173-7 cadmium sulphide 1306-23-6 048-010-00-4 215-147-8 lead chromate 7758-97-6 082-004-00-2 231-846-0 lead sulfochromate yellow (C.I. Pigment Yellow 34) 1344-37-2 082-009-00-X 215-693-7 lead chromate molybdate sulfate red (C.I. Pigment Red 104) 12656-85-8 082-010-00-5 235-759-9 ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate 7085-85-0 607-236-009 230-391-5 methyl-2-cyanoacrylate 137-05-3 607-235-00-3 205-275-2 (ii) Article 30, in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6, with respect to the requirements for the classification, labelling and/or specific concentration limits for the substances or groups of substances not listed in Annex I to the Directive and shown in the following list. Norway may require the use of different classification, labelling and/or specific concentration limits for these substances; Name CAS No Index No Einecs nickel chloride 7718-54-9 231-743-0 methylacrylamidoglycolate (content between 0,1 % and 0,01 % acrylamide) 77402-05-2 [NOR-UNN-02-91] 403-230-3 methylacrylamidometoxyacetate (content between 0,1 % and 0,01 % acrylamide) 77402-03-0 [NOR-UNN-03-01] 401-890-7 (iii) For substances covered by point 1 the provisions of Article 23(2) of the Directive, requiring the use of the words “EC-label”; (iv) The Contracting Parties agree on the objective that the provisions of the Community acts on dangerous substances and preparations should apply by 1 July 2005. Pursuant to cooperation in order to solve remaining problems, a review of the situation will take place during 2004, including matters not covered by Community legislation. If an EFTA State concludes that it will need any derogation from the Community acts relating to classification and labelling, the latter shall not apply to it unless the EEA Joint Committee agrees on another solution.’