Activites

• 1994/12/22 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1994/3135
  • OJ L 332 22.12.1994, p. 0001
• #1817
• 1994/12/15 Council Meeting
• 1994/12/15 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1994/12/15 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1994/11/17 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0117/1994 summary

    The European Parliament amended the Council common position with nine amendments, the basic purpose of which was to: - point out that it is up to third countries to decide which chemical products can be imported and reiterate that, as far as the risks inherent in exporting highly toxic substances are concerned, exports are governed by Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, - bring exports of carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic substances under the said Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, - supplement the Annex to the regulation by adding 22 new dangerous substances, - include in the Annex to the regulation all substances governed by Directive 76/769/EEC, in order to guarantee the populations of third countries the same level of protection as in the Community, - suggest that industry take charge of organising and funding training seminars in developing countries, in order to explain the risks inherent in imported chemical products, - reiterate the Community's duty to take action to guarantee populations in developing countries the same level of health protection as in the Community, - supplement Article 4 of the regulation by adding the obligation to renew notifications every three years in the event of repeat exports of a chemical product subject to notification. The Commission did not accept any of Parliament's proposed amendments.�

• 1994/11/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1994/10/12 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0018/1994
• 1994/07/22 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1765
• 1994/06/08 Council Meeting
  • 06796/1/1994 summary

    The common position, which was approved unanimously, does not incorporate any of the 15 amendments proposed by the European Parliament. A number of the proposed amendments related to the basic regulations and did not come within the scope of article 11. Others, relating to the inclusion of specific chemical products in Annex I, were rejected because the products in question do not meet the criteria laid down in the regulation. There is only one amendment to Annex I: the limitation on the use of no. 34 (maleic hydrazide and its salts), which previously corresponded to "sr" and which now becomes "b".�

• 1994/03/09 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T3-0139/1994 summary

    In 1992 the Community imported more than 65 million tonnes of chemical products and exported nearly 62 million tonnes. Each year chemical products are responsible for accidents in third-world countries which result in the deaths of 20,000 to 30,000 persons and cause bodily injuries to hundreds of thousands of others. In adopting the report by Mr Florenz (PPE, D), Parliament approved the proposal for an amendment of the regulation on the approximation of the Member States' administrative measures for limiting the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations. However, it took the view that the proposed additions and modifications were insufficient and called for the inclusion of products whose marketing was prohibited or restricted for reasons to do with public health and/or the protection of the environment. By 178 votes to 95, with 3 abstentions, Parliament therefore called for the following substances to be included on the list: carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic substances, and those which contained creosote, coal-tar distillates, naphthalene and anthracene oils, chloroform, trichlorethane, tetrachlorethane, etc. �

• 1994/03/07 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

• 1994/02/16 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A3-0095/1994
• 1993/04/23 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1993/03/25 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1993)0120 summary

    The Commission proposed the amendment of Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, which enumerated the chemicals that were prohibited or strictly regulated and subject to notification in the Community, adding 15 substances or groups of substances the use of which would henceforth be prohibited or restricted by Community legislation. These substances were as follows: asbestos fibres (amosite, anthopyllite, actinolite and tremolite), pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, ugilec 121, ugilec 141, DBBT, ethylene oxide, dinoseb and its acetate and salts, binapacryl, capadafol, dicofol containing less than 78% p.p.1 dicofol or more than 1g/kg of DDT and DDT-related compounds. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1993)0120
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A3-0095/1994
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0139/1994
• Council position published: 06796/1/1994
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0018/1994
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0117/1994
• : Regulation 1994/3135
• : OJ L 332 22.12.1994, p. 0001

History

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