European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995 (S.I. No. 183 of 1995)

S.I. No. 183 of 1995. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EXPORT AND IMPORT OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS) (PESTICIDES) (ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995. I, IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 of 23 July 19921, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 41/94 of 11 January 19942 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94 of 15 December 19943, hereby make the following Regulations: Citation and Commencement. 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of August, 1995. (3) The European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 and shall be construed together as one. Interpretation. 2. In these Regulations "the Principal Reguations" means the European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations, 1995 (S.I. No. 135 of 1995). Amendment. 3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the text of Annex I of the First Schedule by the following: 1O.J. No. L251/13, 29/8/1992. 2O.J. No. L8/1, 12/1/1994. 3O.J. No. L332/1, 22/12/1994. FIRST SCHEDULE Annex I (Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94) List of chemicals banned or severely restricted to certain uses by Community legislation owing to their effects on health and the environment Chemical CAS No. (a) EINECS No. (b) Use category (c) Use limitation (d) 1. Mercuric oxide 21908-53-2 244-654-7 p b 2. Mercurous chloride (calomel) 10112-91-1 233-307-5 p b 3. Other inorganic mercury compounds p b 4. Alkyl mercury compounds p b 5. Alkoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds p b 6. Aldrin 309-00-2 206-215-8 p b 7. Chlordane 57-74-9 200-349-0 p b 8. Dieldrin 60-57-1 200-484-5 p b 9. DDT 50-29-3 200-024-3 p b 10. Endrin 72-20-8 200-775-7 p b 11. HCH containing less than 99.0% of the gamma isomer 608-73-1 210-168-9 p b 12. Heptachlor 76-44-8 200-962-3 p b 13. Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 204-273-9 p b 14. Camphechlor (toxaphene) 8001-35-2 232-283-3 p b 15. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), except mono and dichlorinated biphenyls 1336-36-3 215-648-1 i b 16. Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) 61788-33-8 262-968-2 i b 17. Preparations with a PCB or PCT content higher than 0.005% by weight i b 18. Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate 126-72-7 204-799-9 i sr 19. Tris-aziridinylphosphinoxide 545-55-1 208-892-5 i sr 20. Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) i sr 21. Asbestos fibres Crocidolite 12001-28-4 i b Amosite 12172-73-5 i b Anthopyllite 77536-67-5 i b Actinolite 77536-66-4 i b Tremolite 77536-68-6 i b 22. Nitrofen 1836-75-5 217-406-0 p b 23. 1,2-Dibromoethane 106-93-4 203-444-5 p b 24. 1,2-Dichloroethane 107-06-2 203-458-1 p b 25. Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters 87-86-5 201-778-6 i sr 26. Ugilec 121 i b 27. Ugilec 141 76253-60-6 278-404-3 i sr 28. DBBT 99688-47-8 i b 29. Ethylene oxide 75-21-8 200-849-9 p b 30. Dinoseb, its acetate and salts 88-85-7 201-861-7 p b 31. Binapacryl 485-31-4 207-612-9 p b 32. Captafol 2425-06-1 219-363-3 p b 33. Dicofol containing > 1 g/kg of DDT and DDT related compounds 115-32-2 204-082-0 p b 34. ( a ) Maleic hydrazide, and its salts, other than its choline, potassium and sodium salts; ( b ) Choline, potassium and sodium salts of maleic hydrazide containing more than 1 mg/kg of free hydrazine expressed on the basis of the acid equivalent 123-33-1 204-619-9 p b 35. Quintozene containing more than 1 g/kg of hexachlorobenzene or > 10 g/kg of pentachlorobenzene 82-68-8 201-435-0 p b 36. 2-Naphthylamine 91-59-8 202-080-4 i sr 37. Benzidine 92-87-5 202-199-1 i sr 38. 4-Nitrobiphenyl 92-93-3 202-204-7 i sr 39. 4-A minobiphenyl 92-67-1 202-177-1 i sr ( a ) CAS = Chemical Abstracts Service. ( b ) EINECS = European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances. ( c ) Use category: p: plant protection product i: industrial chemical. ( d ) Use limitation: sr: severe restriction b: ban. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of July, 1995. IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry. EXPLANATORY NOTE. These Regulations serve to implement the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 3135/94 which extends the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2455/92. In particular the list of chemicals which have been banned or severely restricted to certain uses by Community legislation owing to their effects on health and the environment, is extended.