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Common Position (EC) No 18/2006 of 27 June 2006 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No …/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
Common Position (EC) No 18/2006 of 27 June 2006 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No …/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
Common Position (EC) No 18/2006 of 27 June 2006 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No …/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
OJ C 276E, 14.11.2006, p. 252–254
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
14.11.2006 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 276/252 |
COMMON POSITION (EC) No 18/2006
adopted by the Council on 27 June 2006
with a view to adopting Directive 2006/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of … amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No …/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
(2006/C 276 E/02)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
In view of the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 (3), Directive 67/548/EEC (4) should be adapted and its rules on the notification and risk assessment of chemicals deleted, |
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directive 67/548/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1) |
in Article 1, paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c) shall be deleted; |
2) |
in Article 2, paragraph 1, points (c), (d), (f) and (g) shall be deleted; |
3) |
Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Testing and assessment of the properties of substances Tests on substances carried out within the framework of this Directive shall be conducted according to the requirements of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (5). |
4) |
Article 5 shall be amended as follows:
|
5) |
Articles 7 to 15 shall be deleted; |
6) |
Article 16 shall be deleted; |
7) |
Articles 17 to 20 shall be deleted; |
8) |
Article 27 shall be deleted; |
9) |
Article 32 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 32 References References to Annexes VIIA, VIIB, VIIC, VIID and VIII of this Directive shall be construed as references to the corresponding Annexes VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI of Regulation (EC) No …/2006.’; |
10) |
Annex V shall be deleted; |
11) |
Annex VI shall be amended as follows:
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12) |
Annexes VIIA, VIIB, VIIC, VIID and VIII shall be deleted. |
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from … (6). They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from … (6).
Notwithstanding the second paragraph of this Article, Article 1 point 6 shall apply from … (7).
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at …
For the European Parliament
The President
…
For the Council
The President
…
(1) OJ C 294, 25.11.2005, p. 38.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 November 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 27 June 2006 and Position of the European Parliament of … (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) OJ L …
(4) OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/73/EC (OJ L 152, 30.4.2004, p. 1). Corrected in OJ L 216, 16.6.2004, p. 3.
(5) OJ L …’
(6) 12 months after entry into force of the REACH Regulation.
(7) 14 months after entry into force of the REACH Regulation.