Document ID: 31993L0112

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/112/EC of 10 December 1993 amending Commission Directive 91/155/EEC defining and laying down detailed arrangements for the system of specific information relating to dangerous preparations in implementation of Article 10 of Council Directive 88/379/EEC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/18/EEC (2) and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 10 (2) of Directive 88/379/EEC provides that the Commission shall make detailed arrangements for the implementation of a system of information in the form of safety data sheets relating to dangerous preparations; whereas, therefore, Commission Directive 91/155/EEC (3) laid down such detailed arrangements;
Whereas Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of dangerous substances (4), as last amended by Commission Directive 92/21/EEC (5) and in particular Article 27 thereof, provides that the Commission shall make general rules for the elaboration distribution, contents and format of safety data sheets in relation to dangerous substances;
Whereas it is appropriate that the arrangements in relation to safety data sheets be the same for substances and for preparations; whereas this approach was foreseen by Directive 91/155/EEC; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to amend Directive 91/155/EEC in this sense;
Whereas it is necessary to make certain changes to the Annex in order to ensure protection of the environment;
Whereas given the amendments made to Directive 91/155/EEC Article 4 thereof should accordingly be repealed;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in dangerous substances and preparations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directive 91/155/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 4 is repealed.
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 1995 at the latest and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. These provisions shall take effect from 1 January 1995.
However, information systems of the safety data sheet type in use in some Member States may continue to be used until 1 July 1995.
3. When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 1993.

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