Directive 1999/33 - Amendment of Council Directive 67/548/EEC as regards the labelling of certain dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden - Main contents

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Number legal act	Directive 1999/33
Original proposal	COM(1998)561
CELEX number i	31999L0033

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Directive 1999/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC as regards the labelling of certain dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden

Official Journal L 199 , 30/07/1999 P. 0057 - 0058

DIRECTIVE 1999/33/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 10 May 1999

amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC as regards the labelling of certain dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),

• (1) 

  Whereas Article 30 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances(4), provides that Member States may not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market of substances which comply with that Directive;

• (2) 

  Whereas Article 23(2)(c) of Directive 67/548/EEC thereof requires every package of a substance to show danger symbols, as laid down in Annex II; whereas Article 23(2)(e) of the said Directive requires every package of a substance to show specific S-phrases (safety phrases) relating to the safe use of the substance, and whereas the wording of those S-phrases is laid down in Annex IV to that Directive;

• (3) 

  Whereas Article 69 of the 1994 Act of Accession and Annex VIII thereto provide that Article 30 in conjunction with Article 23(2) of Directive 67/548/EEC is not to apply to Austria before 1 January 1999, in that Austria may require the use of labels with additional symbols not included in Annex II and labels with additional S-phrases not listed in Annex IV to the said Directive regarding counter-measures in case of accident, and that those provisions are to be reviewed in accordance with EC procedures before 31 December 1998;

• (4) 

  Whereas Article 23(2)(d) of Directive 67/548/EEC requires every package of a substance to show specific R-phrases (risk phrases) indicating the special risks arising from the dangers involved in using the substance, and whereas the wording of those R-phrases is laid down in Annex III to the said Directive;

• (5) 

  Whereas Article 112 of the 1994 Treaty of Accession and Annex XII thereto provide that Article 30 in conjunction with Article 23(2)(d) of Directive 67/548/EEC is not to apply to Sweden before 1 January 1999, in that Sweden may require the use of the additional R-phrases "R-322" and "R-340" not listed in Annex III to the said Directive, and that those provisions are to be reviewed in accordance with Community procedures before 31 December 1998;

• (6) 

  Whereas Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations(5) provides for certain specific conditions for the application of the Directive as regards, inter alia, additional symbols, R-phrases and S-phrases for Austria and Sweden in order to take account of the level of their standards for the protection of health and the protection of the environment; whereas those specific conditions are limited to the two-year period running from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000; whereas during that period coherence of the marketing conditions of dangerous substances and preparations should be sought;

• (7) 

  Whereas scientific and technical progress is foreseeable within the framework of international negotiations...

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