Explanatory note

These regulations give effect to part of Council Directive 89/677/EEC (OJ No. L 398, 30.12.1989, p.19) which amended for the eighth time Directive 76/769/EEC (OJ No. L 375, 31.12.1985, p.1.) 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.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Control of Pollution (Supply and Use of Injurious Substances) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/902) to provide that the supply or use of preparations or waste with a PCB or PCT content higher than 50 parts per million is prohibited.

Regulation 3 prohibits the supply and use of certain lead paint other than its supply and use, under certain conditions, for the restoration or maintenance of certain historic buildings or of fine or decorative works of art.

Regulations 4, 5 and 6 prohibit the supply and use of mercury compounds intended for use in heavy duty textiles, mercury, arsenic and organostannic compounds for the treatment of industrial waters, and DBB in a concentration of, or above, 1,000 parts per million unless it is for conversion into finished products with a concentration below that level.

Regulation 7 makes it a criminal offence to contravene regulations 3 to 6, and specifies the penalties for such offences.

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