S.I. No. 62/2004 - European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 2004

1. Identification of the substance/preparation and of the company/undertaking

2. Composition/information on ingredients

3. Hazards identification

4. First-aid measures

5. Fire-fighting measures

6. Accidental release measures

7. Handling and storage

8. Exposure controls/personal protection

9. Physical and chemical properties

10. Stability and reactivity

11. Toxicological information

12. Ecological information

13. Disposal considerations

14. Transport information

15. Regulatory information

16. Other information

SCHEDULE 13

Labelling of a plant protection product

Regulation 14(2)

The following wording shall be printed on the label of a plant protection product referred to in Regulation 14(2)

“To avoid risks to man and the environment, comply with the instructions for use."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of February, 2004.

MARY HARNEY,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations transpose Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May, 1999 on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations placed on the market of the E.C. This Directive replaces Council Directive 88/379/EEC. The Regulations also transpose the first adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of Directive 1999/45/EC — Commission Directive 2001/60/EC of 7 August 2001.

The Regulations apply to all dangerous preparations with exceptions for certain categories of preparations such as medicines, cosmetics etc., which are covered by other Council Directives. The Regulations require persons placing a dangerous preparation on the market, to classify and label it according to the inherent hazards including, for the first time, the danger to the environment hazard category. Certain preparations that would not be classified as dangerous by the Directive and these Regulations are nevertheless subject to specific labelling requirements if the particular preparations are listed in the Annex V to Directive 1999/45/EC, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/60/EC. The classification, labelling and packaging requirements of these Regulations have also been extended to include plant protection products from 30 July 2004. (Biocides, within the meaning of Council Directive 98/8/EC are covered in the same way as dangerous preparations within the Regulations.)

The requirements for classification and provision of Safety Data Sheets have been extended to explosive and pyrotechnic preparations for the first time.

The Regulations also transpose Commission Directive 2001/58/EC of 27 July 2001, which amends Commission Directive 91/155/EEC of 5 March 1991 concerning the provision of specific information relating to dangerous preparations in the form of Safety Data Sheets, requiring the provision of safety data sheets on request to professional users of certain preparations not classified as dangerous.

The Regulations revoke and replace the European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations, 1995 (

S.I. No. 272 of 1995

) and the European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 (

S.I. No. 354 of 1998

).

1

O.J. No. L200, 30.7.1999, p. 1

2

O.J. No. L226, 22.8.2001, p. 5

3

O.J. No. L 76, 22.3.1991, p. 35

4

O.J. No. L212, 7.8.2001, p. 24

5

O.J. No. L110, 4.5.1993, p. 20 and O.J. No. L110A, 4.5.1993, p. 1

6

O.J. No. L314, 16.12.1993, p. 38

7

O.J. No. L257, 16.9.1983, p. 1

8

O.J. No. L251, 19.9.1984, p. 1

9

O.J. No. L259, 15.10.1979, p. 10

10

O.J. No. L228, 17.8.1991, p. 67

11

O.J. No. L136, 8.6.2000, p. 1

1

O.J. No. L200, 30.7.1999, p. 1

2

O.J. No. L226, 22.8.2001, p. 5

12

O.J. No. P196, 16.8.1967, p. 1

13

O.J. No. L360, 30.12.1976, p. 1

14

O.J. No. L358, 18.12.1986, p. 1

15

O.J. No. L 15, 17.1.1987, p. 29

3

O.J. No. L76, 22.3.1991, p. 35

16

O.J. No. L230, 19.8.1991, p. 1

6

O.J. No. L314, 16.12.1993, p. 38

4

O.J. No. L212, 7.8.2001, p. 24

5

O.J. No. L110, 4.5.1993, p. 20 and O.J. No. L110A, 4.5.1993, p. 1

17

O.J. No. L 277, 30.10.1996, p. 25

18

O.J. No. P 22, 9.2.1965, p. 369

19

O.J. No. L214, 24.8.1993 p. 22

20

O.J. L262, 27.9.1976, p. 169

21

O.J. No. L253, 15.9.1998, p. 20

22

O.J. No. L194, 25.7.1975, p. 39

23

O.J. No. L135, 6.6.1996, p. 32

24

O.J. No. L377, 31.12.1991, p. 20

25

O.J. No. L168, 2.7.1994, p. 28

26

O.J. No. L246, 17.9.1980, p. 1

27

O.J. No. L169, 12.7.1993, p. 1

28

O.J. No. L144, 4.6.1997

29

O.J. No. L154, 5.6.1992, P.1

30

O.J. No. L187, 16.7.1988, p. 14

31

O.J. No. L147, 9.6.1975, p.40

32

O.J. No. L23, 28.1.1994, p.28

17. Without prejudice to Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997

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, any advertisement for a preparation to which these Regulations apply which enables a member of the general public to conclude a contract for purchase without first having sight of the label for that preparation shall state the type or types of hazards indicated on the label in respect of that preparation.

Safety data sheets.

18. (1) The person responsible for placing on the market a preparation referred to in Regulation 3(2) shall provide a safety data sheet for that preparation and shall specify in such safety data sheet—

(

a

) information that concerns that preparation for the purpose of enabling a professional user to take the necessary measures regarding the protection of health, safety and the environment at the place of work, and

(

b

) information that concerns that preparation for the purpose of enabling any person, including the professional user, to take the necessary measures regarding the protection of health, safety and the environment at the place of work.

(2) A person who places on the market a preparation referred to in Regulation 3(3) shall provide, when so requested by a professional user, a safety data sheet specifying information that is appropriate and proportionate for a preparation that is not classified as dangerous under these Regulations but which contains in an individual concentration of greater than or equal to 1 per cent by weight for a non-gaseous preparation and greater than or equal to 0.2 per cent by volume for a gaseous preparation at least—

(

a

) one substance posing health or environmental hazard, or

(

b

) one substance for which there is Community workplace exposure limits.

(3) The safety data sheet shall be provided free of charge to the recipient and may be communicated on paper or electronically—

(

a

) not later than the time at which the preparation is supplied to the person concerned, and

(

b

) following a revision of the safety data sheet arising out of significant and new information regarding safety and protection of health and the environment.

(4) An amended safety data sheet referred to in paragraph (3) shall be provided forthwith free of charge to all industrial or professional users, distributors, wholesalers and retailers who were supplied with the particular dangerous substance within the 12 months preceding the publication date of the amended safety data sheet.

(5) The safety data sheet referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain such information necessary for the protection of any person and the environment as the manufacturer, importer or distributor may reasonably be expected to be aware of.

(6) A safety data sheet referred to in paragraph (1) shall be clearly written in the English language or in both the English and Irish languages.

(7) (

a

) A safety data sheet shall contain information relating to each of the matters specified in Schedule 12 and shall be compiled in accordance with the Annex to Directive 91/155/EEC.

(

b

) The information required to be contained in the safety data sheet in accordance with subparagraph (a) shall comply with the guidelines laid down in the Annex to Directive 91/155/EEC, as amended by Directive 93/112/EC and Directive 2001/58/EC.

(

c

) Without prejudice to subparagraphs (a) and (b), the safety data sheet shall specify the information concerning—

(i) the name of the person responsible for providing the safety data sheet,

(ii) the date of publication or the date of preparation of the safety data sheet, and

(iii) for an amended safety data sheet, a notice of revision together with the revision date.

(8) Paragraphs (1) to (7) do not apply where the dangerous preparation is offered or sold to the general public if—

(

a

) sufficient information to enable users to take the necessary measures as regards the protection of health and safety is furnished, and

(

b

) a safety data sheet is available when requested, in accordance with this Regulation.

Confidentiality of chemical names.

19. (1) (

a

) Where the person responsible for placing on the market a preparation to which these Regulations apply can demonstrate that the disclosure on the label or, where appropriate and in accordance with these Regulations, the package or safety data sheet of the chemical identity of a substance which is exclusively classified as—

(i) irritant except those assigned R41 or irritant in combination with one or more of the other properties mentioned in Regulation 14 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6, or

(ii) harmful or harmful in combination with one or more of the properties mentioned in Regulation 14 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 presenting acute lethal effects,

will put at risk the confidential nature of the intellectual property concerned, that person may refer to that substance either by means of a name that identifies the most important chemical groups or by means of an alternative name in accordance with Annex VI.

(

b

) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply if the substance concerned has been assigned a Community exposure limit.

(

c

) Where the person responsible for placing on the market a preparation referred to in subparagraph (a) wishes to avail of the confidentiality provisions provided under this Regulation that person shall make a request—

(i) if the preparation is to be first placed on the market in the State, to the Authority in accordance with Annex VI, and shall give the information required in the form in Part A of Annex VI and any other information which the Authority may request, or

(ii) if the preparation is to be first placed on the market in another Member State, to the competent authorities of that other Member State.

(

d

) The Authority may consent in writing to an application under this Regulation subject to any conditions which, in the opinion of the Authority, are appropriate to such confidentiality.

(2) Where a request under paragraph (1) is made to the Authority it shall notify the person who made the request of its decision in writing.

(3) Where the Authority has consented to an application under this Regulation, the person responsible for placing on the market the preparation concerned shall provide notification of that consent of the Authority to the competent authority of each Member State in which such person intends to market the product.

(4) Where the Authority is of the opinion that paragraph (1) does not apply in a particular case, it may notify the person who made the application in writing that it is of that opinion.

(5) The Authority shall ensure that confidential information that is brought to the attention of the Authority in respect of an application under this Regulation is treated in accordance with Article 19(4) of Directive 67/548/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 92/32/EEC of 30 April 1992

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.

Poison information centre.

20. (1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Health and Children, may appoint a body (the “poison centre”) for the purposes of this Regulation.

(2) The poison centre shall have power to require the person responsible for placing on the market a preparation referred to in Regulation 3(2) to provide it with information relating to the preparation.

(3) The information to be provided in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be such as will enable the poison centre to carry out the functions assigned to it in accordance with paragraph (4) and shall include the chemical composition of the preparation, including confidential information in accordance with Regulation 19.

(4) The poison centre may use the information obtained in accordance with paragraph (2) only to provide medical information in the case of exposure or likely exposure of persons to the preparation, especially in emergencies, and such medical information may be provided to formulate preventive and curative measures in relation to exposure of persons to the preparation.

(5) The poison centre shall not divulge to anyone other than the Authority any information deemed to be confidential in accordance with Regulation 19.

(6) The person responsible for placing on the market a preparation to which these Regulations apply shall, when requested to do so by the poison centre, provide the centre with information relating to the preparation in accordance with paragraph (3).

Provisional restriction on placing a preparation on market.

21. (1) Where the Authority has detailed evidence that a preparation, although satisfying the requirements of these Regulations, constitutes a hazard for the health and safety of any person or the environment on grounds relating to the Directive, the Authority may by notice in writing provisionally prohibit the placing of that preparation on the market or subject the placing on the market of that preparation to special conditions.

(2) The Authority shall immediately inform the Commission of the European Communities and other Member States of the prohibition referred to in paragraph (1) and the reasons for it.

(3) A person shall not place on the market a preparation in respect of which a prohibition referred to in paragraph (1) exists.

(4) Where the Authority, in accordance with paragraph (1), subjects the placing on the market of any preparation to special conditions, a person shall not place on the market the preparation concerned unless it satisfies those special conditions.

Taking and detention of preparations.

22. (1) An inspector may seize and retain, or seize, remove and retain any preparation which in the opinion of the inspector is a preparation to which these Regulations apply and in relation to which he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is or has been a failure to comply with these Regulations.

(2) An inspector may, by a notice in writing given to the owner or to the person in apparent charge or control of a preparation which has been seized under this Regulation—

(

a

) require any thing specified in the notice to be done in relation to the preparation before it is released by an inspector,

(b) either—

(i) require the disposal of the preparation by the person to whom the notice is given, in a manner specified in the notice and at the expense of the owner, or

(ii) indicate the intention of the inspector of disposing of the preparation at the expense of the owner, such disposal to be, in either case, such as will prevent the said preparation from being placed on the marked or used,

and, where a notice given under this paragraph requires specified things to be done in relation to a preparation, the inspector shall retain control of the preparation to which the notice relates until the notice has been complied with.

(3) Where a notice is given under this Regulation, a person shall not, without the consent of an inspector, sell, move, dispose or of otherwise interfere with the preparation in any way pending compliance with the notice.

(4) Any person who is aggrieved by a notice given under paragraph (2) which either requires the preparation to which it relates to be disposed of or indicates an intention to dispose of such preparation may, not later than the expiration of the period of 7 days beginning on the date of the notice, appeal to the appropriate court against the notice.

(5) (

a

) Where an appeal is made to the appropriate court under paragraph (4) the court, if it is satisfied that—

(i) the preparation to which the relevant notice under this Regulation relates is one to which these Regulations apply,

(ii) if such preparation were released, it might be placed on the market, and

(iii) there has been a failure to comply with these Regulations,

shall order that the preparation be disposed of in the manner specified in the notice, or in such other manner as may be specified by the appropriate court which, in the opinion of the court, will prevent the preparation from being used or placed on the market.

(

b

) Where an order made by the appropriate court under this paragraph requires the preparation to which it relates to be disposed of by an inspector, the cost of such disposal shall be recoverable by the Authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction from the person who was the owner of the product at the time of its seizure under this Regulation.

(6) Subject to paragraph (5), a notice under this Regulation shall not come into force unless—

(

a

) where an appeal is taken against the notice, the appeal is withdrawn, or

(

b

) in any other case, the period within which such an appeal may be taken has expired.

(7) In this Regulation “appropriate court” means, in relation to an appeal made under this Regulation against a notice given under paragraph (2)—

(

a

) in case the estimated value of the preparation and cost of complying with the order to which the appeal relates does not exceed €6,348.69, the District Court for the district in which the goods were seized, or

(

b

) in case the estimated amount aforesaid does not exceed €38,092.14, the judge of the Circuit Court for the circuit in which the goods were seized, and

(

c

) in any other case, the High Court.

(8) If, in relation to an appeal under this Regulation to—

(

a

) the District Court, that court becomes of opinion during the hearing of the appeal that the estimated cost aforesaid will exceed €6,348.69, it may, if it so thinks fit, transfer the appeal to the Circuit or the High Court, whichever it considers appropriate having regard to the estimated cost aforesaid,

(

b

) the Circuit Court, that court becomes of opinion during the hearing of the appeal that the estimated amounts aforesaid will exceed €38,092.14, it may, if it so thinks fit, by order transfer the appeal to the High Court.

Offences.

23. (1) Any person who contravenes Regulation 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19(3), 20(6), 21(3) or 21(4) is guilty of an offence.

(2) Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

(3) proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be brought and prosecuted by the Authority.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under Regulation 11 or 21(3) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.

(5) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations (other than Regulations 11 or 21(3) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000.

Revocations.

24. The European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 1995 (

S.I. No. 272 of 1995

) and the European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (

S.I. No. 354 of 1998

) are revoked.

SCHEDULE 1

CONCENTRATIONS OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR CLASSIFICATION OF A PREPARATION

Regulation 6

Concentrations of dangerous substances to be taken into account for classification of a preparation in accordance with Regulation 6.

Category of danger of the substance

Concentration to take into consideration for

Gaseous preparations % vol/vol

Other preparations %w/w

Very toxic

≥0.02

≥0.1

Toxic

≥0.02

≥0.1

Carcinogenic Category 1 or 2

≥0.02

≥0.1

Mutagenic Category 1 or 2

≥0.02

≥0.1

Toxic for reproduction Category 1 or 2

≥0.02

≥0.1

Harmful

≥0.2

≥1

Corrosive

≥0.02

≥1

Irritant

≥0.2

≥1

Sensitising

≥0.2

≥1

Carcinogenic Category 3

≥0.2

≥1

Mutagenic Category 3

≥0.2

≥1

Toxic for reproduction Category 3

≥0.2

≥1

Dangerous for the environment N

≥0.1

Dangerous for the environment ozone

≥0.1

≥0.1

Dangerous for the environment

≥1

SCHEDULE 2

METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICALS PROPERTIES OF PREPARATIONS

Regulation 8

For the purposes of this Schedule any reference to a section refers to a section of Annex V

PART A

Exemptions to test methods of Annex V — Part A as per point 2.2.5 of Annex V

Flammable

Substances and preparations shall be classified as flammable in accordance with the results of the tests given in Annex V. The risk phrase shall be assigned in accordance with the criteria mentioned below.

— R10 Flammable

— Liquid substances and preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21°C, and less than or equal to 55 °C.

However, in practice it has been shown that a preparation having a flash point equal to or greater than 21°C and less than or equal to 55°C need not be classified as flammable if the preparation could not in any way support combustion and only so long as there is no reason to fear risks to those handling these preparations or to other persons.

PART B

Alternative calculation methods

B.1. Non-gaseous preparations

Method for the determination of oxidising properties of preparations containing organic peroxides as per point 2.2.2.1 of Annex VI.

Remarks concerning peroxides

For the explosive properties, an organic peroxide or preparation thereof in the form in which it is placed on the market is classified according the criteria in section 2.2.1 on the basis of tests carried out in accordance with the methods given in Annex V.

For the oxidising properties the existing methods in Annex V cannot be applied to organic peroxides.

For substances, organic peroxides not already classified as explosive are classified as dangerous on the basis of their structure (e.g. R-O-O-H; R

1

-O-O-R

2

).

Preparations not already classified as explosive shall be classified using the calculation method based on the percentage of active oxygen shown in Section 9.5.

Any organic peroxide or preparation thereof not already classified as explosive is classified as oxidising, if the peroxide or its formulation contains

— more than 5% of organic peroxides or,

— more than 0.5% available oxygen from the organic peroxides, and more than 5% hydrogen peroxide.

B.2. Gaseous preparations

(1) Method for the determination of oxidising properties as per point 9.1.1.2 of Annex VI.

Oxidizing properties

Given the fact that Annex V does not contain a method to determine the oxidizing properties of gaseous mixtures, the evaluation of these properties must be realised according to the following estimation method.

The principle of the method is comparison of the oxidizing potential of gases in a mixture with that of the oxidizing potential of oxygen in air. The concentrations of gases in the mixture are expressed in % vol.

It is considered that the gas mixture is as oxidant as or more oxidant than air, if the following condition is verified

where: X

i

is the concentration of gas i in % vol,

Ci is the coefficient of oxygen equivalency.

In this case, the preparation is classified as oxidizing and the phrase R8 will be assigned.

Coefficients of equivalency between oxidizing gases and oxygen

The coefficients used in the calculation to determine the oxidizing capacity of certain gases in a mixture with respect to the oxidizing capacity of oxygen in air, listed under 5.2. in the ISO Standard ISO 10156 edition 15.12.1990, are the following.

When no value for the Ci coefficient exists for a gas in the cited standard a value of 40 is attributed to this coefficient.

(2)

Method for the determination of flammability properties as per point 9.1.1.1 of Annex VI.

Flammability

The flammable properties of these preparations are determined in accordance with Article 3(2) of Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988

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according to the methods specified in Part A of Annex V.

These preparations will be classified according to the results of the tests carried out and with respect to the criteria of Annex V and to the criteria of the labelling guide.

However, by derogation, in the case where gaseous preparations are produced to order in small amounts, the flammability of these gaseous mixtures can be evaluated by the following calculation method

the expression of the gaseous mixture

A

1

F

1

+ … + A

i

F

i

+ … A

n

F

n

+ B

1

I

1

+ … + B

i

I

i

+ … B

p

I

p

where: Ai and Bi are the molar fractions

F

i

flammable gas

I

i

inert gas

n number of flammable gases

p number of inert gases

can be transformed in a form where all the I

i

(inert gases) are expressed by a nitrogen equivalent using a coefficient K

i

and where the equivalent content of inflammable gas A'

i

is expressed as follows

A'

i

= A

i

× (100/(A

i

+K

i

B

i

) )

By using the value of the maximum content of flammable gas which, in a mixture with nitrogen, gives a composition which is not flammable in air (Tci), the following expression can be obtained

The gas mixture is flammable if the value of the above expression is greater than one. The preparation is classified extremely flammable and, the phrase R12 is assigned.

Coefficients of equivalency (K

i

)

The values of the coefficients of equivalency K

i

, between the inert gases and nitrogen and the values of the maximum contents of flammable gas (Tci) may be found in tables 1 and 2 of the ISO Standard ISO 10156 edition 15. 12. 1990

Maximum content of flammable gas (Tci)

The value of the maximum content of flammable gas (Tci) may be found in table 2 of the ISO Standard ISO 10156 edition 15. 12. 1990

When a Tci value for a flammable gas does not appear in the above standard, the corresponding lower explosivity limit (LEL) will be used. If no LEL value exists, the value of Tci will be set at 1% by volume.

Remarks

— The expression above can be used to allow an appropriate labelling of gaseous preparations, however, it should not be regarded as a method for replacing experimentation for the determination of technical safety parameters.

— Furthermore, this expression gives no information as to whether a mixture containing oxidizing gases can be prepared safely. When estimating flammability these oxidizing gases are not taken into account.

— The expression above will give reliable results only if the flammable gases do not influence each other as far as their flammability is concerned. This has to be considered, e.g. with halogenated hydrocarbons.

SCHEDULE 3

CONVENTIONAL METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF HEALTH HAZARDS OF PREPARATIONS

Regulation 9

Introduction

An assessment must be made for all the health effects corresponding to the health effects of substances contained in a preparation. This conventional method described in Parts A and B of this Schedule is a calculation method which is applicable to all preparations and which takes into consideration all the health hazards of substances contained in the preparation. For that purpose the dangerous health effects have been subdivided into

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulations

1.

Citation.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Application.

4.

Exemptions.

5.

Dangerous substances and preparations.

6.

Determination of dangerous properties of preparation.

7.

General principles of classification and labelling.

8.

Evaluation of the hazards deriving from physico-chemical properties.

9.

Evaluation of the health hazards of a preparation.

10.

Evaluation of the environmental hazards of a preparation.

11.

Placing on market of a preparation.

12.

Data and information on preparations.

13.

Packaging.

14.

Labelling.

15.

Implementation of labelling requirements.

16.

Exemptions from packaging and labelling requirements.

17.

Distance selling.

18.

Safety data sheets.

19.

Confidentiality of chemical names.

20.

Poison information centre.

21.

Provisional restriction on placing a preparation on market.

22.

Taking and detention of preparations.

23.

Offences.

24.

Revocations.

SCHEDULE 1

CONCENTRATIONS OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR CLASSIFICATION OF A PREPARATION

SCHEDULE 2

METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICALS PROPERTIES OF PREPARATIONS

SCHEDULE 3

CONVENTIONAL METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF HEALTH HAZARDS OF PREPARATIONS

SCHEDULE 4

CONVENTIONAL METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF PREPARATIONS

SCHEDULE 5

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTAINERS CONTAINING PREPARATIONS OFFERED OR SOLD TO THE PUBLIC

SCHEDULE 6

NAMING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PREPARATION

SCHEDULE 7

SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE LABELLING OF CERTAIN PREPARATIONS

SCHEDULE 8

SYMBOLS AND INDICATIONS OF DANGER

SCHEDULE 9

RISKS PHRASES

SCHEDULE 10

SAFETY PHRASES

SCHEDULE 11

SPECIAL LABELLING PROVISIONS FOR SINGLE PACKAGES

SCHEDULE 12

OBLIGATORY HEADINGS FOR SAFETY DATA SHEETS

SCHEDULE 13

LABELLING OF A PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCT

S.I. No. 62 of 2004.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CLASSIFICATION, PACKAGING AND LABELLING OF DANGEROUS PREPARATIONS) REGULATIONS 2004.

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999

1

, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/60/EC of 7 August 2001

2

, Commission Directive 91/155/EEC of 5 March 1991

3

, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/58/EC of 27 July 2001

4

, Commission Directive 93/21/EEC of 27 April 1993

5

and Commission Directive 93/112/EC of 10 December 1993

6

, hereby make the following regulations

Citation.