11 Amendments of Struan STEVENSON related to 2008/0033(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Alternatives to DCM are available; however, any chemical product intended to dissolve a paint film is likely to have an effect on human health. DCM has been well studied and the health effects are well known, but the alternatives have not been studied to the same extent. In many cases, the human health and environmental hazard and risk profiles have still to be fully evaluated.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) To ensure that the current level of protection is not reduced and to prevent increased exposure to risks to human health and safety that are presently unknown or not quantified, all alternative paint stripper ingredients should be assessed with the same rigour as DCM. Decisions on the marketing of paint strippers should be postponed until both DCM-based paint strippers and the alternatives have been thoroughly evaluated under REACH6.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) DCM-based paint strippers are used by consumers at home to remove paints, varnishes and lacquers both indoors and outdoors. The safe use of DCM by consumers cannot be ensured by training or monitoring. Therefore, the onlyan effective and proportionate measure to eliminatapproach to minimise the risks for consumers is a ban on the marketing and use of DCM-based paint strippersseries of measures on the composition of DCM-based paint strippers, the design of containers, and the prominence and detail of the health and safety information to be provided with each product.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The fatalities registered in Europe over the last 18 years for industrial and professional uses are mainly attributed to inadequate ventilation, the inappropriate personal protective equipment, the use of inadequate tanks, inadequate product formulations lacking sufficient vapour retardants and the long-term exposure to DCM. Therefore restrictions should be imposed to control and reduce the risks involved in professional and industrial uses.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Professionals are generally covered by the provisions of the legislation for workers protection. However, many professional activities are often conducted in customers premThe appropriate measures to control the riseks which often do not have all the appropriate measures to manage, control and reduce the risks to health. Moreover, self-employed workers are not covered by the provisions of the worker protection legislation and would require adequate training before conducting paint stripping activities based on DCMto health and safety during any paint removal task depend principally on the design and use of appropriate work processes, adequate ventilation, and where necessary, the provision of suitable personal protective equipment. The method of paint stripping used (chemical, mechanical, thermal), the object to be treated (substrate, surface, area, indoor or outdoor), application conditions (temperature, exposure time), means of ventilation/exhaustion, tools/machinery, etc affect the protection measures that may be appropriate. All paint removal methods carry different, specific risks, so adequate information and training is required, irrespective of the physical or chemical methods used, to make workers aware of the risks and familiar with the appropriate protection measures for safe paint removal.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The placing on the market and use of DCM-any type of paint strippers by professionals should therefore be bannedevaluated under REACH in order to protect their health and to reduce the number of fatalities and non- fatal accidents. Nevertheless, when the replacement of DCM is deemed to be particularly difficult or inappropriate, Member States should be able to allow further use of DCM by specially licensed professionals. Member States would be responsible for granting and monitoring such licences, which should be based on compulsory training with specific requirementsIn the interim, to ensure additional protection to professional workers a package of health and safety information and advice should be provided with each product containing DCM placed on the market.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 2
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 2
(2) By way of derogation tofrom paragraph (1), Member States may authorise the supply ofpaint strippers containing dichloromethane may be placed on the market for supply to the general public if all of the following conditions are met: (a) the size of the container is not larger than 1 litre, (b) the container has a narrow neck of maximum 20 mm diameter and is fitted with a child resistant closure in compliance with BS EN ISO 8317:2004 and BS EN 862:2005, (c) the paint -strippers containing dichloromethane to licensed professionals. composition contains a vapour retardant in such quantity that the vaporisation compared to pure dichloromethane is reduced by a minimum of 97% under standard test conditions, (d) the container is clearly and prominently labelled “Do not breathe fumes. Use only in well ventilated areas. If sufficient ventilation is not possible, wear suitable respiratory protective equipment.”
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 3
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 3
(3) The licence referred to in paragraph (2) shall be granted to professionals trained in the safe use ofBy way of derogation from paragraph (1), paint strippers containing dichloromethane may be placed on the market for supply to professionals if all of the following conditions are met: (a) the paint strippers containing dichloromethane. The training shall cover: (a)s a vapour retardant in such quantity that the vaporisation compared to pure dichloromethane is reduced by a minimum of 97% under standard test conditions, (b) the container is clearly and prominently labelled “Do not breathe fumes. Use only in well ventilated areas. If sufficient ventilation is not possible, wear suitable respiratory protective equipment.”, (c) professional users receive with each supply of DCM-based paint strippers a package of health and safety information and advice, including as a minimum: • awareness, evaluation and management of risks to health, (b)• use of adequate ventilation, (c)• use of appropriate personal protective equipment.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 76/769/EEC
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 5
Annex I – point (xx) – column 2 – point 5
(5) Without prejudice to other Community legislation concerning the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations, paint strippers containing more than 0.1% by mass of dichloromethane and packaged in containers greater than 1 litre shall be legibly and indelibly marked by [24 months after the entry into force of the Decision] as follows: “Reserved for industrial and professional uses”.”