Directive

Title

Article

Area of regulation

Directives on classification and labelling

67/548/EEC

Council Directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances.

100A (95)

Basic directive regulating dangerous substances in EU:

	criteria for classification and labelling
	procedure for notification of new substances
	risk assessment of new substances
	Annex I contains the list of dangerous substances

88379/EEC (replaced by 1999/45/EC)

Council Directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations

100A (95)

Directive regulating:

	criteria for classification and labelling of preparations
	provisions for classification and labelling of plant protection products
	provisions for safety data sheets

Directives on regulation of marketing and use of chemicals

76/769/EEC

Council Directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.

100 (95)

Directive restricting or banning the marketing and use of e.g.:

PCP, CMR-substances to the general public, certain chlorinated substances, creosote, PCB/PCT, benzene in toys, nickel in certain objects getting into direct contact with skin, certain asbestos fibres, and flammable/extremely flammable substances in aerosol containers.

76/768/EEC

Council Directive on the approximation of the laws relating to cosmetic products.

100A (95)

Directive relating to the marketing, including labelling and use of cosmetic products. The Directive includes:

	lists of banned substances and products
	lists of allowed substances for colouring, preservation and sun protection including restrictions
	limit values
	labelling requirements
	information duty

79/117/EEC

Council Directive prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances.

100
(94)

Directive prohibiting the marketing and use of certain active substances in plant pretection products e.g.

	alkyl/aryl-mercury compounds
	persistant organic chemicals like aldrin, dieldrin and heptachlor

91/414/EEC

Council Directive concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.

43 (37)

Directive relating to harmonised procedures for authorising plant protection products and active substances contained herein:

	includes a list of approved substances
	application requirements

98/8/EC

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market.

100A (95)

Directing relating to harmonised procedures for marketing of biocidal products:

	approval procedure
	simplified procedure for low risk substances
	new active substances not on the market per 14 May 2000)

88/378/EEC

Council Directive on the approximation of the laws concerning the safety of toys.

"New
method"

Directive containing minimum requirements for e.g.:

	flammability and explosiveness
	content of chemicals in toys

Regulations

2455/92

Council Regulation (EEC) concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals

Binding procedure relating to export and import of dangerous substances:

	Prior Informed Concent (PIC-procedure) – obligation to notify the receiving country
	substances regulated in EU
	classification and labelling
	based on voluntary international agreement administered by FAO and UNEP

793/93

Council Regulation (EEC) on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances.

100A (95)

Regulation aiming at carrying through systematic risk assessment of existing substances (corresponding to the 7^th amendment to 67/548/EEC):

	substances on EINECS
	production/import > 10 tons/year
	priority lists of chemicals
	responsibility distributed among the Member States