My understanding is that DMF (dimethylfumerate) is pretty nasty stuff: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7961969.stm
As such, it's likely to be already banned (or bannable) under existing safety legislation in most states and the new Directive is largely a tidying up exercise to ensure a common response among EU member states. Nick. At 22:28 +0800 24/4/09, Scott Xe wrote: >The Article 2 of this directive states:- > >As of 1 May 2009 Member States shall ensure that products containing DMF are >prohibited from being placed or made available on the market. > >As of 1 May 2009 Member States shall ensure that products containing DMF and >already placed or made available on the market are withdrawn from the market >and recalled from consumers, and that consumers are adequately informed of >the risk posed by such products. > >The Directive was published in mid March and enter into force in May. This >gives time to the enforcement authorities to prepare for the action. What >are the import goods handled between mid March and 1 May? > >- - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
