Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2229Show full title

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2229

of 29 September 2015

amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals(1), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (‘PIC procedure’) for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 11 September 1998 and approved, on behalf of the Community, by Council Decision 2003/106/EC(2).

(2) It is appropriate that regulatory action in respect of certain chemicals taken pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3), Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4), and Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5) be taken into account.

(3) The approval of the substance fenbutatin oxide has been withdrawn in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, with the effect that fenbutatin oxide is banned for use as pesticide and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.

(4) The substances lead compounds, dibutyltin compounds, dioctyltin compounds, trichlorobenzene, pentachloroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and 1,1-dichloroethene are severely restricted as industrial chemical for public use in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and thus should be added to Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 was amended in 2012 by the Commission in order to implement the decision taken under the Stockholm Convention to list endosulfan in Part 1 of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention by adding that chemical to Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. Consequently, that chemical has been added to Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 and should be removed from Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.

(6) At its sixth meeting held from 28 April to 10 May 2013, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention decided to include commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether, including tetra- and pentabromodiphenyl ether, as well as commercial octabromodiphenyl ether, including hexa- and heptabromodiphenyl ether, in Annex III to that Convention, with the effect that those chemicals became subject to the PIC procedure under that Convention. Those chemicals should thus be added to the list of chemicals contained in Part 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012.

(7) The combined nomenclature code (CN code) is important for determination of the control measures that apply to traded goods. To ease handling of CN codes and identification of the correct control measures that apply to chemicals listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012, the CN codes that cover more chemicals than those listed in Annex I should be identified by an ‘ex’ before the CN code.

(8) Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9) It is appropriate to grant some time to all interested parties to take the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation and to Member States to take the measures necessary for its implementation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 60.

(2)

Council Decision 2003/106/EC of 19 December 2002 concerning the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (OJ L 63, 6.3.2003, p. 27).

(3)

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 (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).