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Commission Regulation (EC) No 465/2008 of 28 May 2008 imposing, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93, testing and information requirements on importers and manufacturers of certain substances that may be persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic and are listed in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 465/2008
of 28 May 2008
imposing, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93, testing and information requirements on importers and manufacturers of certain substances that may be persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic and are listed in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances
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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances(1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Manufacturers and importers of certain substances in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances(2) may be required to supply further information which they possess and/or to subject the existing substance to testing where there are valid reasons to believing that the substance presents a serious risk to humans or the environment. Substances that are persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic may present such a risk.
(2) The manufacturers and importers concerned should therefore be required to provide the Commission with the information in their possession concerning those substances.
(3) The manufacturers and importers concerned should also be required to test the substances in question, to draw up a report on those tests and to forward those reports, together with the results of the tests, to the Commission.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93,
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OJ L 84, 5.4.1993, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
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