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9 Amendments of Jens HOLM related to 2008/0018(COD)

Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) The general and specific chemical requirements in this Directive should aim at protecting the health of children from dangerous substances in toys, while environmental concerns presented by toys are addressed in horizontal environmental legislation applying also to toys, in particular in Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste 1,to electrical and electronic toys, in Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment2, and in Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment3,. In addition, environmental issues concerning waste are regulated in Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste, those concerning packaging are regulated in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste4, and those concerning batteries and accumulators are regulated in Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC5. 1 OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9. 2 OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19. 3 OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24. 4 OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. 5 OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) In particular power should be conferred on the Commission in order to adapt the chemical requirements in certain well defined cases and grant exemptions from the prohibition of CMR substances in certain cases as well as, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the wording of the specific warnings for certain categories of toys. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive and/ or to supplement this Directive by the addition of, inter alia by supplementing it with new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this RegulationDirective, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 46 (2).
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may decide upon the use in toys of substances or preparations classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction, of category 1, 2 and 3, under Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 46 (2).deleted
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 3
3. Without prejudice to the application of the restrictions under the first sentence of point 2, the use in toys of substances that are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) according to Directive 67/548/EEC in individual concentrations equal to or greater than the relevant concentrations established for the classification of preparations containing the substances in accordance with the provisions of Directive 1999/45/EC shall be prohibited, except i, of substances classified as endocrine disrupters and of substances classified as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) shall be prohibited. The presence of traces of these substances are contained in components of toys or micro-structurally distinct parts of toys that are not accessible to any physical contact by childrenshall be allowed provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice.
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 4
4. Substances or preparations classified as CMR category 1 and 2 according to Directive 67/548/EEC may be used in toys provided that the following conditions are met: 4.1. use of the substance has been evaluated by the relevant Scientific Committee and found to be safe, in particular in view of exposure, and a Decision as referred to in Article 45 (2) has been taken; 4.2. there are no suitable alternative substances available, as documented in an analysis of alternatives, 4.3. they are not prohibited for uses in consumer articles under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH). The Commission shall mandate the relevant Scientific Committee to re- evaluate those substances or preparations as soon as safety concerns arise and at the latest every 5 years from the date that a decision in accordance with Article 45 (2) was taken.deleted
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 5
5. Substances or preparations classified as CMR category 3 according to Directive 67/548/EEC may be used in toys if use of the substance has been evaluated by the relevant Scientific Committee and found to be safe, in particular in view of exposure, and following a Decision as referred to in Article 45 (2) and provided that they are not prohibited for uses in consumer articles under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).deleted
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Committee: ENVI
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 7
7. Toys shall not contain the following allergenic fragrances: (1) Alanroot (Inula helenium) (2) Allylisothiocyanate (3) Benzyl cyanide (4) 4 tert-Butylphenol (5) Chenopodium oil (6) Cyclamen alcohol (7) Diethyl maleate (8) Dihydrocoumarin (9) 2,4-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (10) 3,7-Dimethyl-2-octen-1-ol (6,7- Dihydrogeraniol) (11) 4,6-Dimethyl-8-tert-butylcoumarin (12) Dimethyl citraconate (13) 7,11-Dimethyl-4,6,10-dodecatrien-3- one (14) 6,10-Dimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien-2- one (15) Diphenylamine (16) Ethyl acrylate (17) Fig leaf, fresh and preparations (18) trans-2-Heptenal (19) trans-2-Hexenal diethyl acetal (20) trans-2-Hexenal dimethyl acetal (21) Hydroabietyl alcohol (22) 4-Ethoxy-phenol (23) 6-lsopropyl-2-decahydronaphthalenol (24) 7-Methoxycoumarin (25) 4-Methoxyphenol (26) 4-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-3-butene-2-one (27) 1-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-1-penten-3-one (28) Methyl trans-2-butenoate (29) 6-Methylcoumarin (30) 7-Methylcoumarin (31) 5-Methyl-2,3-hexanedione (32) Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) (33) 7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin (34) Hexahydrocoumarin (35) Peru balsam (Myroxylonpereirae Klotzsch) (36) 2-Pentylidene-cyclohexanone (37) 3,6,10-Trimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien- 2-one (38) Verbana oil (Lippia citriodora Kunth). However, the presence of traces of these substances shall be allowed provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice. In addition the following allergenic fragrances shall be listed if added to toys, as such, at concentrations exceeding 0,01 % by weight: (1) Amyl cinnamal (2) Amylcinnamyl alcohol (3) Anisyl alcohol (4) Benzyl alcohol (5) Benzyl benzoate (6) Benzyl cinnamate (7) Benzyl salicylate (8) Cinnamal (9) Cinnamyl alcohol (10) Citral (11) Citronellol (12) Coumarin (13) Eugenol (14) Farnesol (15) Geraniol (16) Hexyl cinnamaldehyde (17) Hydroxy-citronellal (18) Hydroxy- methylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyde (19) Isoeugenol (20) Lilial (referred to in the Cosmetics Directive in entry 83 as: 2-(4-tert- Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (21) d-Limonene (22) Linalool (23) Methyl heptine carbonate (24) 3-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2- cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one (25) Oakmoss extracts (26) Treemoss extracts.
2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 8 – table and paragraph 2
Element mg/kg in dry, brittle, mg/kg powder-like or in liquid or sticky pliable toy material toy material Aluminium 5625 1406 Antimony 45 11.3 Arsenicdeleted 7.5 deleted 1.9 deleted Barium 4500 1125 Boron 1200 300 Cadmium deleted 3.8 deleted 0.9deleted Chromium (III) 37.5 9.4 Chromium (VI) 0.04 deleted deleted deleted 0.01 Cobalt 10.5 2.6 Copper 622.5 156 Lea deleted 27deleted deleted 6.8 Manganese 1200 300 Mercury deleted 15 deleted deleted 3.8 Nickel 75 18.8 Selenium 37.5 9.4 Strontium 4500 1125 Tin 15000 3750 Organic tin 1.9 0.5 Zinc 3750 938 These limit values do not apply to toys which due to their accessibility, function, volume or mass clearly exclude any hazard due to sucking, licking, swallowing or prolonged contact with skin when used as specified in the first subparagraph of Article 9 (2).
2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI