COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(93)120 final 
Brussels, 25 March 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC! 
amending for the first time Annex I to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import 
of certain dangerous chemicals 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Introduction 
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 concerning exports and imports 
of certain dangerous chemicals (1) establishes a system by which 
third countries which import chemicals banned or severly restricted 
in the Community are notified of the potential dangers and are 
informed of the safety precautions which have to be taken, and of 
the use restrictions of these products in the Community. 
This Regulation also implements the procedure of "Prior Informed 
Consent" (PIC) set up by the UNEP and FAO. This means that EC 
exporters have to comply with the import conditions of countries 
participating in the PIC procedures. 
Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92, adopted by the Council on 23 July 
1992, entered into force on 29 November 1992. 
Chemicals banned or severely restricted in the Community, and 
therefore subject to export notification, are listed in Annex I of 
the Régulât ion. 
2. Objectives of the Commission proposal 
Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 stipulates in Article 11 that the list 
of the chemicals in Annex I is to be amended periodically by the 
Commission; this amendment requires a Council Decision, taken by a 
qualified majority, on a Commission proposal. 
Amendments to the technical progress of the Council Directive 
79/117/EEC^2^ concerning the prohibition of the marketing and the 
use of plant health products containing certain active substances, 
and of the Directive 76/769/EEC^3^ concerning the limitation of 
the marketing and the use of certain substances and dangerous 
preparations, have increased the number of the substances subject 
to legislative restrictions in the Community. Consultation of the 
Commission services concerned indicates that 15 substances or 
groups of substances have to be added to Annex I of the Regulation. 
Moreover the "use limitations" have to be amended for 6 substances. 
(1) OJ OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES L 25 1 OF THE 29/08/92 
(2) OJ OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES L3* OF T«e */02/7Q 
(3) OJ OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES L 262 OF THE 27/09/76 
The Commission proposes, therefore, that Annex I of Regulation 
2455/92 be amended to ensure agreement with the existing Community 
legislation. 
This proposal involves an obligation of the Commission under the 
terms of Article 11 of the Regulation. Moreover, the Regulation (in 
Article 5) designates the Commission as the contact point between 
the Member States and the international "PIC" system managed by the 
UNEP and FAO. Any decision on amendments to Annex I must, 
therefore, be taken at the Community level and cannot be referred 
to another decision level. 
This proposal does not have additional impact on the small and 
medium-sized enterprises because it refers only to the existing 
Community legislation, which already applies to the companies 
established in the Community. 
3. Comments on the text of the proposal for a Regulation 
The proposal for a Regulation contains an annex which replaces in 
its entirety Annex I of Regulation 2455/92, after adoption by the 
Council, so as to facilitate access to the information by the 
interested parties. 15 substances or groups of substances are added 
to the list in Annex I of Regulation 2455/92. The layout and 
footnotes of Annex I are unchanged and are shown Just as they are 
in the annex of the proposal for a Regulation. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending for the first time Annex I to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and Import 
of certain dangerous chemicals 
The COUNCIL FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 130S thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament*2), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3), 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the 
export and Import of certain dangerous chemicals, and in particular 
Article 11 and Annex I thereof, 
Whereas Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 lists the 
chemicals banned or severely restricted in the Community and whereas 
Article 11 of the same Regulation requires this list to be reviewed at 
regular intervals and amended as necessary; 
Whereas as a result of amendments and the adaptation to technical 
progress of Council Directive 79/117/EEC which prohibits the placing on 
the market and use of plant protection products containing active 
substances, the list of chemicals contained in Annex I of Council 
Regulation No 2455/92 must be amended and additional chemicals added 
thereto; 
Whereas as a result of amendments and the adaptation to technical 
progresss of Council Directive 76/769/EEC which restricts the marketing 
and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations, the list of 
chemicals contained in Annex I of Council Regulation No 2455/92 must be 
amended and additional chemicals added thereto; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
(1) OJ No C 
(2) OJ No C 
(3) OJ No C 
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Article 1 
The Annex to this Regulation replaces Annex I of Council Regulation 
(EEC) N- 2455/92. 
Article 2 
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 appl(cable in all Member States. 
Done at For the Council 
The President 
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CHEMICAL ANNEX 
CAS No. EINECS No 
ihl USE 
CAT. 
(Cl USE 
LIMIT 
iÛL 
1. Mercuric oxide 
2. Mercurous chloride 
(calomel) 
3. Other inorganic 
mercury compounds 
4. Alkyl mercury compounds 
5. Alkoxyalkyl and aryl 
mercury compounds 
6. Aldrin 
7. Chlordane 
8. Dieldrin 
9. DDT 
10. Endrin 
11. HCH containing less 
than 99.0% of the gamma 
isomer 
12. Heptachlor 
13. Hexachlorobenzene 
14. Camphechlor (toxaphene) 
15. Polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCB), except 
mono- and dichlorinatec 
biphenyls 
16. Polychlorinated 
terphenyls (PCT) 
17. Preparations with a PCB 
or PCT content higher 
than 0.005% by weight 
18. Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) 
phosphate 
19. Tris-aziridinyl-
phosphinoxide 21908-53-2 
10112-91-1 
309-00-2 
57-74-9 
60-57-1 
50-29-3 
72-20-8 
608-73-1 
76-44-8 
118-74-1 
8001-35-2 
1336-36-3 
61788-33-8 
126-72-7 
545-55-1 244-654-7 
233-307-5 
206-215-8 
200-349-0 
200-484-5 
200-024-3 
200-775-7 
210-168-9 
200-962-3 
204-273-9 
232-283-3 
215-648-1 
262-968-2 
204-799-9 
208-892-5 P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
i b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
sr 
sr 
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CHEMICAL CAS No. EINECS No. USE 
CAT USE 
LIMIT 
20. Polybrominated 
biphenyls (PBB) 
21. Asbestos fibres: 
Crocidolite 
Amos i te 
Anthophyllite 
Actinolite 
Tremolite 
22. Nitrofen 
23. 1,2 Dibromoethane 
24. 1,2 Dichloroethane 
25. Pentachlorophenol and 
its salts and esters 
26. Ugilec 121 
27. Ugilec 141 
28. DBBT 
29. Ethylene oxide 
30. Dinoseb, its acetate 
and salts 
31. Binapacryl 
32. CaptOfol 
33. Dicofol containing 
<78% p,p'-dicofol 
or >lg/Kg of DDT and 
DDT related compounds 
34. (a) Maleic hydrazide, 
and its salts, other 
than its choline, 
potassium and sodium 
salts; 
(b) Choline, potassium 
and sodium salts of 
maleic hydrazide 
containing more than 
1 mg/Kg of free 
hydrazine expressed on 
the basis of the acid 
equivalent 12001-28-4 
12172-73-5 
77536-67-5 
77536-66-4 
77536-68-6 
1836-75-5 
106-93-4 
107-06-2 
87-86-5 
76253-60-6 
99688-47-8 
75-21-8 
88-85-7 
485-31-4 
2425-06-1 
115-32-2 
123-33-1 217-406-0 
203-444-5 
203-458-1 
201-778-6 
278-404-3 
200-849-9 
201-861-7 
207-612-9 
219-363-3 
204-082-0 
204-619-9 l 
i 
i 
i 
i 
P 
P 
P 
i 
i 
i 
i 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P sr 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
sr 
b 
sr 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
b 
sr 
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CHEMICAL 
35. Quintozene containing 
more than lg/Kg of 
hexachlorobenzene or 
> 10g/Kg of penta-
chlorobenzene 
36. 2-NaphthyLamine 
37. Benzidine 
38. 4-Nitrobipheny1 
39. 4-Aminobipheny1 CAS No. 
82-68-8 
91-59-8 
92-87-5 
92-93-3 
92-67-1 EINECS No. 
201-435-0 
202-080-4 
202-199-1 
202-204-7 
202-177-1 USE 
CAT. 
P 
i 
i 
i 
i USE 
LIMIT. 
b 
sr 
sr 
sr 
sr 
(a) CAS = Chemical Abstracts Service. 
(b) EINECS = European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical 
Substances. 
(c) Use category: 
p: plant protection product 
i: industrial chemical 
(d) Use limitation: 
sr: severe restriction 
b: ban 
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