31994R0041

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 41/94 of 11 January 1994 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 of 23 July 1992 (1) concerning Community exports and imports of certain dangerous chemicals, and in particular Article 11,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 sets up a system of notification and information for imports from and exports to third countries of certain dangerous chemicals; whereas certain of these chemicals are subject to the international prior consent procedure (PIC) established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO);

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 further provides for the participation of the Community in the international notification and prior informed consent procedure;

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides, inter alia, that Annex II to the said Regulation should comprise a list of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure, a list of the countries participating in the PIC scheme and the PIC decisions of importing countries;

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides that Annex II should be amended where the UNEP and the FAO have initiated amendments to the list of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure and to the PIC decisions of importing countries;

Whereas, a number of such amendments having been so initiated, Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 must thus be amended in accordance with Article 11;

Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 28 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC (2) as amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The entries set out in the Annex to this Regulation are included for the first time in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 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 applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 January 1994.

For the Commission

Yannis PALEOKRASSAS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 251, 29. 8. 1992, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1.

ANNEX

Chemicals subject to PIC and the import decisions of third countries

"" ID="1">Aldrin (EINECS No: 206-215-8) (CAS No: 309-00-2)> ID="2">Angola> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Bhutan> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">China> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Honduras> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Kenya> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Mexico> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Morocco> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Nicaragua> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Niger> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Norway> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Rwanda> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Sri Lanka> ID="3">Written approval by Registrar (1) required"> ID="2">Thailand> ID="3">Permit"> ID="2">Togo> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="1">Dieldrin (EINECS No: 200-484-5) (CAS No: 60-57-1)> ID="2">Angola> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Bhutan> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Central African Republic> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">China> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Honduras> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Morocco> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Nicaragua> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Norway> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Rwanda> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">St. Lucia> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Thailand> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Togo> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="1">DDT (EINECS No: 200-24-3) (CAS No: 50-29-3)> ID="2">Angola> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Central African Republic> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Congo> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Nicaragua> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Norway> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Sri Lanka> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">St. Lucia> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="1">Dinoseb and dinoseb salts (EINECS No: 201-861-7) (CAS No: dinoseb: 88-85-7)> ID="2">Bhutan> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">China> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Honduras> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Mexico> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Norway> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Sri Lanka> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">St. Lucia> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Thailand> ID="3">Prohibit "> ID="1">Fluoroacetamide (EINECS No: 211-363-1) (CAS No: 640-19-7)> ID="2">Angola> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Bhutan> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">China> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Morocco> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Nicaragua> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Sri Lanka> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">St. Lucia> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Thailand> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="1">HCH (mixed isomers) (EINECS No: 210-168-9) (CAS No: 608-73-1)> ID="2">Angola> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cape Verde> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Cyprus> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Ecuador> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Honduras> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Nicaragua> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Norway> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Rwanda> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Sri Lanka> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">St. Lucia> ID="3">Permit"> ID="2">Tanzania> ID="3">Permit"> ID="2">Thailand> ID="3">Prohibit"> ID="2">Togo> ID="3">Prohibit""

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(1) Registrar of Pesticides,

Department of Agriculture,

PO Box 49 Getambe

Peradeniya

Sri Lanka'