Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2003 of 7 July 2003 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, exchange of information, export monitoring, import policy, information system, international trade, preparation for market

8.7.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1213/2003

of 7 July 2003

amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003
concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (1),
and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(EC) No

304/2003

implements

Regulation
the
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure (PIC procedure) for certain hazardous chemi-
cals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 11
September 1998 and approved by the Community by
Council Decision 2003/106/EC (2). Pending the entry
into force of that Convention, Regulation (EC) No 304/
2003 also implements the interim PIC procedure estab-
lished by a Resolution on interim arrangements laid
down in the Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference at
which the Convention was adopted.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 consists of
three parts containing, respectively, the list of chemicals
subject to the export notification procedure, the list of
chemicals qualifying for PIC notification and the list of
chemicals
the
Rotterdam Convention.

to the PIC procedure under

subject

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

At its ninth session from 30 September to 4 October
2002, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for
the Convention decided that the chemical monocroto-
phos should also be subject to the interim PIC proce-
dure. Accordingly, monocrotophos should be added to
the list of chemicals contained in part 3 of Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 and the existing entry in
part 1 should be amended.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 should there-
fore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up
pursuant to Article 29 of Council Directive 67/548/
EEC (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/
2003 (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 is amended in accor-
dance with the Annex to this Regulation.

In the light of a review of recent final regulatory actions
under Community legislation to ban or severely restrict
certain chemicals, a number of chemicals should be
added to the lists of chemicals contained in parts 1 and
2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2003.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 63, 6.3.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 63, 6.3.2003, p. 27.

(3) OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 is amended as follows:

1. Part 1 is amended as follows:

(a) the following entries are added:

Chemical

CAS No

Einecs No

CN

Subcategory
(*)

Use limitation
(**)

Countries for
which no
notification is
required

‘Acephate +

30560-19-1

250-241-2

2930 90 70

p(1)

Aldicarb +

116-06-3

204-123-2

2930 90 70

p(1)

Octabromodiphenyl
ether +

Pentabromodiphenyl
ether +

32536-52-0

251-087-9

2909 30 38

i(1)

32534-81-9

251-084-2

2909 30 31

i(1)

Tetraethyl lead +

78-00-2

201-075-4

2931 00 95

i(1)

Tetramethyl lead +

75-74-1

200-897-0

2931 00 95

i(1)

(b) the entry for methyl parathion is replaced by the following:

‘Methyl parathion +
#

298-00-0

206-050-1

3808 10 40

p(1)

(c) the entry for monocrotophos is replaced by the following:

‘Monocrotophos #

6923-22-4

230-042-7

3808 10 40
3808 90 90

p(1)

b

sr

sr

sr

sr

sr’

b

b

Please refer
to PIC
circular at
www.pic.int/’

Please refer
to PIC
circular at
www.pic.int/’

2. Part 2 is amended as follows:

(a) the following entries are added:

Chemical

CAS No

Einecs No

CN

Category (*)

Use limitation
(**)

‘Acephate

Aldicarb

30560-19-1

250-241-2

2930 90 70

116-06-3

204-123-2

2930 90 70

Methyl parathion #

298-00-0

206-050-1

3808 10 40

Octabromodiphenyl ether

32536-52-0

251-087-9

2909 30 38

Pentabromodiphenyl ether

32534-81-9

251-084-2

2909 30 31

Tetraethyl lead

78-00-2

201-075-4

2931 00 95

Tetramethyl lead

75-74-1

200-897-0

2931 00 95

p

p

p

i

i

i

i

Triorganostannic compounds, in
particular tributyltin compounds,
including bis (tributyltin) oxide

56-35-9
and others

200-268-0
and others

2931 00 95

p

b

sr

b

sr

sr

sr

sr

sr’

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(b) the entry for parathion is replaced by the following:

‘Parathion #

56-38-2

200-271-7

2920 10 00

p

(c) the entry for tecnazene is replaced by the following:

‘Tecnazene

117-18-0

204-178-2

2904 90 85

p

b’

b’

3. In Part 3, the following entry is added:

Chemical

Relevant CAS
number(s)

Category

‘Monocrotophos

6923-22-4

Pesticide’