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Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Text with EEA Relevance Regulation
Article 1: Objectives
Article 2: Scope
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, exporters of the chemicals referred to therein shall obtain a special reference identification number using the Database referred to in Article 6(1) (a) and provide that reference identification number in their export declaration.
Article 3: Definitions
Article 4: Designated national authorities of the Member States
It shall inform the Commission of such designation by 17 November 2012, unless that information has been already provided before entry into force of this Regulation, and shall also inform the Commission of any change of designated national authority.
Article 5: Participation of the Union in the Convention
The Commission shall, in particular, be responsible for the following:
In addition, the Commission shall coordinate the Union input on all technical issues relating to the following:
Article 6: Tasks of the Agency
Article 7: Chemicals subject to export notification, chemicals qualifying for PIC notification, and chemicals subject to the PIC procedure
The chemicals listed in Part 1 of Annex I shall be subject to the export notification procedure laid down in Article 8, with detailed information being given on the identity of the substance, on the use category and/or subcategory subject to restriction, the type of restriction and, where appropriate, additional information, in particular on exemptions to requirements for export notification.
The chemicals listed in Part 2 of Annex I shall, in addition to being subject to the export notification procedure laid down in Article 8, qualify for the PIC notification procedure set out in Article 11, with detailed information being given on the identity of the substance and on the use category.
The chemicals listed in Part 3 of Annex I shall be subject to the PIC procedure with the use category being given and, where appropriate, additional information, in particular on any requirements for export notification.
Article 8: Export notifications forwarded to Parties and other countries
The designated national authority of the exporter’s Member State shall check compliance of the information with Annex II and if the notification is complete forward it to the Agency no later than 25 days before the expected date of export.
The Agency shall, on behalf of the Commission, transmit the notification to the designated national authority of the importing Party or the appropriate authority of the importing other country and take the measures necessary to ensure that they receive that notification no later than 15 days before the first intended export of the chemical and thereafter no later than 15 days before the first export in any subsequent calendar year.
The Agency shall register each export notification and assign it a reference identification number in the Database. The Agency shall also make available to the public and the designated national authorities of the Member States, as appropriate, an updated list of the chemicals concerned and the importing Parties and other countries for each calendar year by means of the Database.
Without prejudice to the obligations set out in Article 19(2), the obligations set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall also cease when both of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Article 9: Export notifications received from Parties and other countries
The Agency shall, on behalf of the Commission, acknowledge receipt of the first export notification received for each chemical from each Party or other country.
The designated national authority of the Member State receiving that import shall receive a copy of any notification received by the Agency, within 10 days of its receipt, together with all available information. Other Member States shall be entitled to receive copies on request.
Article 10: Information on export and import of chemicals
Article 11: Notification of banned or severely restricted chemicals under the Convention
Where a chemical qualifies for PIC notification, but the information is insufficient to meet the requirements of Annex IV, identified exporters or importers shall, upon request by the Commission, provide all relevant information available to them, including that from other national or international chemical control programmes, within 60 days of the request.
The Commission shall provide all relevant information that was not available at the time the initial notification was made under paragraphs 1 or 2 respectively.
The Member States and the Agency shall, upon request, assist the Commission as necessary in compiling that information.
Where appropriate, the Commission shall evaluate, in close cooperation with the Member States and the Agency, the need to propose measures at Union level in order to prevent any unacceptable risks to human health or the environment within the Union.
Article 12: Information to be transmitted to the Secretariat concerning banned or severely restricted chemicals not qualifying for PIC notification
Article 13: Obligations in relation to import of chemicals
The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, adopt an import decision in the form of a final or interim import response on behalf of the Union concerning the future import of the chemical concerned. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 27(2). The Commission shall communicate the decision to the Secretariat as soon as possible, and no later than nine months after the date of dispatch of the decision guidance document by the Secretariat.
Where a chemical becomes subject to additional or amended restrictions under Union legislation, the Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, adopt a revised import decision. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 27(2). The Commission shall communicate the revised import decision to the Secretariat.
Article 14: Obligations in relation to export of chemicals other than export notification
Where explicit consent has been sought pursuant to point (a) of the first subparagraph, if the Agency has not received a response to the request within 30 days, the Agency shall, on behalf of the Commission, send a reminder unless the Commission or the designated national authority of the exporter’s Member State received a response and forwarded it to the Agency. Where appropriate, if there is still no response within a further 30 days, the Agency may send further reminders as necessary.
When deciding on the export of chemicals listed in Part 3 of Annex I, the designated national authority of the exporter’s Member State shall, in consultation with the Commission assisted by the Agency, consider the possible impact on human health or the environment of the use of the chemical in the importing Party or other country, and submit relevant documentation to the Agency, to be made available by means of the Database.
Article 15: Export of certain chemicals and articles
Article 16: Information on transit movements
Article 17: Information to accompany exported chemicals
The first subparagraph shall apply unless those provisions would conflict with any specific requirements of the importing Parties or other countries.
Article 18: Obligations of the authorities of the Member States for controlling import and export
The Commission, supported by the Agency, and the Member States shall act in a targeted and coordinated way in monitoring exporters’ compliance with this Regulation.
Article 19: Further obligations of exporters
Article 20: Exchange of information
The Commission, with the support of the Member States and the Agency as necessary, shall, as appropriate, ensure the following:
Article 21: Technical assistance
In particular, and with a view to enabling those countries to implement the Convention, technical assistance shall be promoted by means of the provision of technical information concerning chemicals, the promotion of the exchange of experts, support for the establishment or maintenance of designated national authorities and the provision of technical expertise for the identification of hazardous pesticide formulations and for the preparation of notifications to the Secretariat.
The Commission and the Member States shall actively participate in international activities in capacity-building in chemicals management, by providing information concerning the projects they are supporting or financing to improve the management of chemicals in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Commission and the Member States shall also consider giving support to non-governmental organisations.
Article 22: Monitoring and reporting
Article 23: Updating annexes
When determining whether a final regulatory action at Union level constitutes a ban or a severe restriction such that the chemical concerned qualifies for PIC notification under Article 11, the effect of that action shall be assessed at the level of the categories ‘pesticides’ and ‘industrial chemicals’. If the final regulatory action bans or severely restricts a chemical within either of the categories it shall also be included in Part 2 of Annex I.
Article 24: The budget of the Agency
The revenues of the Agency referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used for carrying out its tasks under this Regulation.
Article 25: Formats and software for submission of information to the Agency
Article 26: Exercise of the delegation
Article 27: Committee procedure
Article 28: Penalties
Article 29: Transitional period on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals
Article 30: Repeal
References to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII.
Article 31: Entry into force
It shall apply from 1 March 2014.
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LIST OF CHEMICALS LIST OF CHEMICALS
(referred to in Article 7 ) (referred to in Article 7)
PART 1
List of chemicals subject to export notification procedure List of chemicals subject to export notification procedure
(referred to in Article 8) (referred to in Article 8)
It should be noted that where chemicals listed in this part of the Annex are subject to the PIC procedure, the export notification obligations set out in Article 8(2), (3) and (4) shall not apply provided that the conditions laid down in points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 8(6) have been fulfilled. Such chemicals, which are identified by the symbol ‘#’ in the list below, are listed again in Part 3 of this Annex for ease of reference.
It should also be noted that where the chemicals listed in this part of the Annex qualify for PIC notification because of the nature of the Union’s final regulatory action, those chemicals are also listed in Part 2 of this Annex. Such chemicals are identified by the symbol ‘+’ in the list below.
List of chemicals qualifying for PIC notification List of chemicals qualifying for PIC notification
(referred to in Article 11 ) (referred to in Article 11)
This list comprises chemicals qualifying for PIC notification. It does not include chemicals that are already subject to the PIC procedure, which are listed in Part 3 of this Annex.
List of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure List of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure
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(The categories shown are those referred to in the Convention)
( *2 ) Use limitation: sr — severe restriction, b — ban (for the sub-category or sub-categories concerned) according to Union legislation.
( 1 ) This entry does not affect the existing entry for cis-1,3-dichloropropene (CAS No 10061-01-5).
( 2 ) This entry does not affect the existing entry for soluble liquid formulations of methamidophos that exceed 600 g active ingredient/l.
( 3 ) Except motor fuels subject to QPDFD of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels ( OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58 ).
CAS No = Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number. CAS No
( 1 )
( *4 ) Use limitation: sr — severe restriction, b — ban (for the category or categories concerned).CAS No = Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number.
( 4 ) This entry does not affect the entry in Annex I Part 3 for soluble liquid formulations of methamidophos that exceed 600 g active ingredient/l.
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Information to be supplied to the Commission by the designated national authorities of the Member States in accordance with Article 10 Information to be supplied to the Commission by the designated national authorities of the Member States in accordance with Article 10
Notification to the Secretariat of the Convention of a banned or severely restricted chemical Notification to the Secretariat of the Convention of a banned or severely restricted chemical
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11
Notifications shall include:
Chemicals and articles subject to export ban Chemicals and articles subject to export ban
(referred to in Article 15 ) (referred to in Article 15)
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Persistent organic pollutants as listed in Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ( 1 ) according to the provisions thereof.
Chemicals other than persistent organic pollutants as listed in Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants according to the provisions thereof.
List of Parties to the Convention requiring information concerning transit movements of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure List of Parties to the Convention requiring information concerning transit movements of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure
(referred to in Article 16) (referred to in Article 16)
Correlation table Correlation table
Footnote p0: This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 4 July 2012.