Explanatory note

These Regulations amend The Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2824) (the “2009 Regulations”). The 2009 Regulations implement Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (OJ L 147, 9.6.1975, p.40) (the “Directive”).

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2013/10/EU (OJ L 77, 20.3.2013, p. 20), as amended by the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2013/10/EU (OJ L 91, 3.4.2013, p. 16) (the “2013 Directive”). The 2013 Directive amends the Directive to adapt the Directive’s provisions to the labelling requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).

Regulation 3 amends references to the Directive as amended by the 2013 Directive.

Regulation 4 provides for transitional provisions in relation to the requirements for the marking of aerosol dispensers containing a mixture and placed on the market before 1 June 2015.

A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been prepared. As these Regulations transpose a Directive, a transposition note setting out how the Government has transposed the Directive into UK law has been prepared. Copies of the impact assessment and the transposition note have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and are also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the www.legislation.gov.uk website.