Hello Glyn, Thank you for the search tips. The directive contains not only the penta and octaBDE but many other banned substances. Lots of reading...
Some directives are sometimes followed by documents issued for clarification. Do you know where a listing of such documents might be found? Do you know if the various member countries have created national laws per this directive? I guess I would suspect that when the directive calls for "less than .1% content of xyz substance by mass prior to (Date)" that the national law would not say much more than this either; in other words, I should not expect any additional clarification from national laws. Is this your understanding also? Best regards, Don Umbdenstock Sensormatic From: Glyn Garside [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 7:17 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: EU Directive for Flame Retardant Plastics [email protected] wrote on 02/05/2004 16:32:57: > I am trying to find additional information on Directive 76/769/EEC, 24th > Amendment. This Directive indicates that member states shall adopt laws ... I think you'll find 76/769/EEC (latest consolidated edition) at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/pdf/1976/en_1976L0769_do_001.pdf Council Directive of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (76/769/EEC) ...although, they now seem to be up to 35 amendments (since 1976) plus 4 corrigenda, so some/all dates may be different than after the 24th amendment. Informal search tips for Eur-Lex (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html) a) Consolidated Legislation: if you know the year of first publication (see prefix, "[19]76" in this case), and it is still in force, and it has been amended, try the consolidated legislation chronological index (goes back to 1953): http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/chronological_index.html (Not complete, see disclaimer at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/information/help/help-consleg.html ) b) If you know the OJ reference OR year (1976) and document number (769): http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/search/search_lif.html c) If you are a glutton for punishment and want to browse EU legislation by topic(!), Legislation - in force - Analytical structure: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/index.html Best regards, glyn TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. Industrial Machinery Division (Chicago Office) Glyn R. Garside Senior Engineer 1945 Techny Rd, Unit 4 NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-5357, USA Tel (847)562-9888 ext 25 http://www.us.tuv.com This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
