Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 60) (“the principal Regulations”) to—

(a)

implement part of Council Directive 94/60/EC (O.J. No. L365, 31.12.94, p.1), the 14th Amendment to Council Directive 67/769/EEC (“the Marketing and Use Directive”);

(b)

implement Commission Directive 94/69/EC (O.J. No. L381, 31.12.94, p.1), the 21st Adaptation to Technical Progress of Commission Directive 67/548/EEC (“the Dangerous Substances Directive”).

The Regulations make the following principal changes—

(a)

Regulations 3 and 9 of, and Schedule 6 to, the principal Regulations are amended to implement the part of Council Directive 94/60/EC which requires a special labelling phrase (“Restricted to professional users”) in certain circumstances.

(b)

Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations is amended to remove from the scope of those Regulations plant protection products which are approved under the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 371).

(c)

Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended to refer to the new 3rd Edition of the Approved Supply List, which is approved by the Department of Economic Development for use in Northern Ireland and published by the Health and Safety Commission and which replaces the 2nd Edition.

The Approved Supply List implements Annex I to the Dangerous Substances Directive. The 3rd Edition incorporates the modifications required by Commission Directive 94/69/EC, which amends that Annex.

Copies of the Approved Supply List may be obtained from—

(a)

HMSO Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GI;

(b)

HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6FS; or

(c)

Dillons Books, 44-46 Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5EE.