Activities of Gyula HEGYI related to 2007/0200(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) DEGME is no longer used as a constituent of consumer paints and paint strippers. The aforementioned risk assessment has shown that there is a risk to the health of consumers through dermal exposure to paints and paint-strippers containing DEGME. Preparations containing DEGME used in paints and, paint strippers, cleaning agents, self-shining emulsions and floor sealants should therefore not be placed on the market for supply to the general public. A limit value of 0.1% of DEGME in preparations should be adopted for market surveillance purposes.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) DEGBE is used as a constituent of paints, dyes, inks, detergents and cleaners. The aforementioned risk assessment for DEGBE has shown that there is a risk to the health of consumers through inhalation exposure during spray painting application. A derived safe concentration limit of 3% for DEGBE in spray paints or spray cleaners should be introduced to prevent the risk of inhalation exposure for consumers.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) For other than spray paints thanor spray paintcleaners, a warning against using such paints or cleaners in spraying equipment should be required where those paints or cleaners contain a DEGBE concentration limit which is equal to or more than 3%.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ammonium nitrate fertilisers have been misused for the illicit manufacture of explosives. Fertiliser types that can be used for this purpose have a nitrogen content as low as 20%. Access to those fertiliser types should be limited to professional agricultural use by imposing a limit of less than 208% of the nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate preparations sold to the general public.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point 53 – column 2
Annex I – point 53 – column 2
Shall not be placed on the market after [18 months after the entry into force of the Decision], for supply to the general public, as a constituent in paints and in paint stripper, paint strippers, cleaning agents, self-shining emulsions and floor sealants in concentrations equal to or higher than 0.1% by mass.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 1
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 1
(1) Shall not be placed on the market for the first time after [18 months after the entry into force of the Decision], for supply to the general public, as a constituent of spray paints or spray cleaners in concentrations equal to or higher than 3% by mass.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 2
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 2
(2) Paints or cleaners not conforming to the concentration limit in point (1) shall not be placed on the market for supply to the general public after [24 months after the entry into force of the Decision].
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 3
Annex I – point 54 – column 2 – point 3
(3) Without prejudice to other Community legislation concerning the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, paints, detergents and cleaners other than spray paints containing more than 3% by mass of DEGBE that are placed on the market for supply to the general public shall be legibly and indelibly marked by [24 months after the entry into force of the Decision] as follows: “Do not use in paint spraying equipment”.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point 57 – column 2 – point 2
Annex I – point 57 – column 2 – point 2
(2) Shall not be placed on the market for supply to the general public after [18 months after the entry into force of the Decision] as a substance, or in preparations that contain 208% or more by mass of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate.