Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 396 of 30 December 2006).
Textual Amendments
the label conforming to the specimen below shall be at least 5 cm high (H) and 2,5 cm wide;
it shall consist of two parts:
the top part (h 1 = 40 % H) shall include the letter ‘a’ in white, on a black background,
the bottom part (h 2 = 60 % H) shall include the standard wording in white and/or black, on a red background, and shall be clearly legible;
if the article contains crocidolite, the words ‘ contains asbestos ’ used in the standard wording shall be replaced by ‘ contains crocidolite/blue asbestos ’ .
Member States may exclude from the provision of the first subparagraph articles intended to be placed on the market in their territory. The labelling of these articles must however bear the wording ‘ contains asbestos ’ ;