# Council Decision of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (98/685/EC), Annex I: RESERVATIONS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Member States of the European Community, in their mutual relations, will apply the Convention in accordance with the Community's internal rules.
The Community therefore reserves the right:
(i) as concerns the threshold quantities mentioned in Annex I, Part I, Nos 3, 4 and 5 of the Convention, to apply threshold quantities of 100 tonnes for bromine (very toxic substance), 5 000 tonnes for methanol (toxic substance ) an 2 000 tonnes for oxygen (oxidising substance);
(ii) as concerns the threshold quantities mentioned in Annex I, Part I, No 8 of the Convention, to apply threshold quantities of 500 tonnes (risk phrase R50-53: ‘substances very toxic to aquatic organisms which may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment’) and 2 000 tonnes (risk phrase R51-53: ‘substances toxic to aquatic organisms which may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment’) for substances dangerous for the environment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1998/685/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-685/annex-I
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