Dangerous substances and preparations: short chain chlorinated paraffins SCCP (20th amend. Directive 76/769/EEC)

PURPOSE : To restrict the marketing and use of short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCP). COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 45/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the twentieth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (short-chained chlorinated paraffins). CONTENT : This Directive states that limitations already adopted or planned by certain Member States on the use of SCCPs following PARCOM (convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based sources) Decision 95/01 directly affect the completion and functioning of the internal market. It is necessary to approximate the laws of the Member States in this field and amend annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC, taking into account Community risk-assessments and relevant scientific evidence in support of PARCOM Decision 95/1. The Directive provides that SCCPs may not be placed on the market for use as substances or as constituents of other substances or preparations in concentrations higher than 1%: -in metalworking; -for fat liquoring of leather. The Directive goes onto provide that, before 01/01/03, all remaining uses of SCCPs will be reviewed by the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and the OSPAR Commission, in the light of any relevant new scientific data on risks posed by SCCPs to health and the environment. The European Parliament will in formed of the outcome of this review. DATE FOR TRANSPOSITION : 06/07/03. DATE OF APPLICATION : 06/01/04. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 06/07/02.�