Activites

• 1994/12/31 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1994/60
  • OJ L 365 31.12.1994, p. 0001
• 1994/12/20 Final act signed
• 1994/12/20 End of procedure in Parliament
• #1815
• 1994/12/08 Council Meeting
• 1994/10/26 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0048/1994 summary

    On the basis of a proposal by the Committee on the Environment, the EP approved the common position without amendments. It called on the Council to adopt the act definitively, in accordance with its common position, as soon as possible. �

• 1994/10/04 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• 1994/09/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1769
• 1994/06/16 Council Meeting
  • 07260/1994 summary

    The Council agreed for the most part with the Commission's amended proposal. However, it introduced certain clarifications to the text of these amendments, concentrating more on the form than the substance: - the new recitals proposed by Parliament in its Amendments Nos 12 and 13 were brought together under a single recital; - in the left-hand column of point 31 of the annex, the expression "teratogenic substance" was replaced by "toxic for reproductive purposes" in order to respect the terminology introduced by Council Directive 93/32/EC; - the text proposed by Parliament concerning the labelling of CMT substances and preparations was replaced by the health warning S 53 which had the same meaning. Moreover, the Council made two amendments to the initial proposal: - a new recital stipulating that the Commission should give consideration in its proposals to the risks and advantages of the substances newly classified in Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC as well as provisions on risk analyses; - a change to the date of application of the directive: the three-month period laid down in the proposal to allow for compliance with the directive was extended to six months. �

• 1994/03/29 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1994)0095 summary

    In its amended proposal, the Commission took over the following amendments: - removal of the provisions that would automatically ban sales to the general public of substances classed as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction purposes (CMT) in category 1 or category 2; - specification of the lists of substances already classed as CMT (category 1 and 2), whose sale to the general public should be banned; - inclusion of the commitment made by the Commission to submit proposals to the Council and the European Parliament concerning the substances that could be classed as CMT (category 1 and 2) in the future; - addition of a special label for CMT substances and preparations reserved for professional users; - extension of the derogation to the bans on CMT substances and preparations to include substances and preparations made from mineral oils; - addition of a new derogation to the bans on CMT substances and preparations for artists' colours; - removal of the derogation to the bans on chlorinated solvents for waste material; - extension of five years for the ban on trichloroethane 1, 1, 1 for domestic use. However, the Commission did not accept, in relation to the ban on chlorinated solvents, the amendment lowering the threshold in preparations. �

• 1994/01/19 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T3-0014/1994 summary

    The Commissioner, Mr Matutes, stressed that the Commission's aim was to create a single market with harmonised laws on three dangerous substances classified as carcinogenic and toxic, and to establish a uniformly high level of protection in the Union. The Commission proposed to restrict the use of substances regarded as carcinogenic and toxic as well as of chlorinated solvents. Furthermore the Commission undertook to submit to the Council and to Parliament in accordance with Article 189b of the Treaty any updated revision of Annex 1 on the use of certain dangerous substances. In addition, when the list of dangerous substances was updated, the Commission had undertaken to submit a proposal for a directive on substances newly classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction in categories I and II. Parliament consequently adopted the report by Mrs Ursula Schleicher (D). The European Parliament also called on the Council to initiate the conciliation procedure if it intended to depart from the approved text. �

• 1994/01/06 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A3-0010/1994
• 1993/10/27 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T3-0554/1993 summary

    Having regard to the Commission's position on the amendments voted by Parliament, the rapporteur, on the basis of Rule 40(2) of the Rules of Procedure, proposed that the report be referred back to the committee. That proposal was adopted. �

• 1993/10/15 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A3-0305/1993
• 1992/07/06 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1992/06/01 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1992)0195 summary

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1992)0195
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A3-0305/1993
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0554/1993
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A3-0010/1994
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0014/1994
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1994)0095
• Council position published: 07260/1994
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0048/1994
• : Directive 1994/60
• : OJ L 365 31.12.1994, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)