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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2182/annex-II/division-2/division-1/section-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/2182",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2182 of 18 December 2020 laying down the final import response on behalf of the Union concerning the future import of certain chemicals pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending the Commission Implementing Decision of 15 May 2014 adopting Union import decisions for certain chemicals pursuant to that Regulation (notified under document C(2020) 8977)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2182",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2/division/1/section/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "SECTION 4",
  "heading": "FINAL DECISION, PURSUANT TO NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES",
  "text": "4.1\n☐\nNo consent to import\nIs the import of the chemical from all sources simultaneously prohibited?\n☐ Yes\n☐ No\nIs domestic production of the chemical for domestic use simultaneously prohibited?\n☐ Yes\n☐ No\n4.2\n☐\nConsent to import\n4.3\n☒\nConsent to import only subject to specified conditions\nThe specified conditions are:\nPursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, the placing on the market and use of commercial octabromodiphenyl ether is only allowed in accordance with Directive 2011/65/EU, where the following provisions apply:\nThe import of commercial octabromodiphenyl ether is only allowed for placing on the market and use in cables or spare parts for the repair, the reuse, the updating of functionalities or upgrading of capacity of the following:\n(a) electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the market before 1 July 2006;\n(b) medical devices placed on the market before 22 July 2014;\n(c) in vitro diagnostic medical devices placed on the market before 22 July 2016;\n(d) monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2014;\n(e) industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2017;\n(f) all other EEE that was outside the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC and which is placed on the market before 22 July 2019;\n(g) EEE which benefited from an exemption and which was placed on the market before that exemption expired as far as that specific exemption is concerned.\nSpare parts are defined as a separate part of an EEE that can replace a part of an EEE. The EEE cannot function as intended without that part of the EEE. The functionality of EEE is restored or is upgraded when the part is replaced by a spare part.\nAre the conditions for import of the chemical the same for all sources of import?\n☒ Yes\n☐ No\nAre the conditions for domestic production of the chemical for domestic use the same as for all imports?\n☒ Yes\n☐ No\n4.4\nNational legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based\nDescription of the national legislative or administrative measure:\nIn the Union, the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether are prohibited pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 169, 25.06.2019, p. 45).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/2182/annex/II/division/2/division/1/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:01.798507+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."
}