The Marketing and Use of Dangerous Substances (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Restrictions on the marketing of paints containing cadmium

5.—(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies, a person shall not place on the market paints CN code numbers 3208 and 3209 if their cadmium content (expressed as Cd metal) exceeds 0.01 per cent by mass.

(2) A person shall not place on the market paints CN code numbers 3208 and 3209 which have a high zinc content unless the residual concentration of cadmium is as low as possible and in any case does not exceed 0.1 per cent by mass.