# Commission Decision of 24 March 2009 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(2009) 1959) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/292/EC), Article 1

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

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
1..‘heavy metals’ means lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium;
2..‘intentional introduction of heavy metals’ means the act of deliberately utilising a substance containing heavy metals in the formulation of a packaging or a packaging component where its continued presence is desired in the final packaging or packaging component to provide a specific characteristic, appearance or quality;
3..‘incidental presence of heavy metals’ means the presence of heavy metals as an unintended ingredient of a packaging or packaging component.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/292/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-292/article-1
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