{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-607/annex/division-HARD/division-2/division-2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/607",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 July 2009 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to hard coverings (Notified under document C(2009) 5613) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/607/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-607",
  "path": "annex/division/HARD/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Absence of risk phrases in raw materials",
  "text": "No substances or preparations that are assigned, or may be assigned at the time of application, any of the following risk phrases (or combinations thereof):\nR45 (may cause cancer),\nR46 (may cause heritable genetic damage),\nR49 (may cause cancer by inhalation),\nR50 (very toxic to aquatic organisms),\nR51 (toxic to aquatic organisms),\nR52 (harmful to aquatic organisms),\nR53 (may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment),\nR54 (toxic to flora),\nR55 (toxic to fauna),\nR56 (toxic to soil organisms),\nR57 (toxic to bees),\nR58 (may cause long-term adverse effects in the environment),\nR59 (dangerous for the ozone layer),\nR60 (may impair fertility),\nR61 (may cause harm to the unborn child),\nR62 (possible risk of impaired fertility),\nR63 (possible risk of harm to the unborn child),\nR68 (possible risk of irreversible effects),\nas laid down in Council Directive 67/548/EEC (Dangerous Substances Directive), and considering Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Dangerous Preparations Directive), may be added to the raw materials.\nAlternatively, classification may be considered according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In this case no substances or preparations may be added to the raw materials that are assigned, or may be assigned at the time of application, with and of the following hazard statements (or combinations thereof): H350, H340, H350i, H400, H410, H411, H412, H413, EUH059, H360F, H360D, H361f, H361d, H360FD, H361fd, H360Fd, H360Df, H341.\nDue to the environmental advantages of the recycling of materials, these criteria do not apply to the quota of closed-loop recycled materials used by the process and as defined in Appendix A2.\nAssessment and verification: in terms of chemical and mineralogical analysis, the material formulation shall be provided by the applicant together with a declaration of compliance with the abovementioned criteria.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "‘Close loop recycling’ means recycling a waste product into the same product. For secondary material arising from a manufacturing process (such as leftovers or remnants), ‘closed loop recycling’ means that the materials are used again in the same process."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/607/annex/division/HARD/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:25.345545+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}