Annex V X1
United Kingdom
Annex V to Directive 2002/72/EC is amended as follows:
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Part A is replaced by the following:
‘ Part A:
General specifications
Plastic material and articles shall not release primary aromatic amines in a detectable quantity (DL = 0,01 mg/kg of food or food simulant). The migration of the primary aromatic amines appearing in the lists in Annex II and III is excluded from this restriction. ’
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In Part B, the following new specifications are inserted, in the appropriate numerical order:
Ref. No OTHER SPECIFICATIONS ‘ 42080 Carbon black
Specifications:
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Toluene extractables: maximum 0,1 %, determined according to ISO method 6209.
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UV absorption of cyclohexane extract at 386 nm: < 0,02 AU for a 1 cm cell or < 0,1 AU for a 5 cm cell, determined according to a generally recognised method of analysis.
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Benzo(a)pyrene content: max 0,25 mg/kg carbon black.
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Maximum use level of carbon black in the polymer: 2,5 % w/w
72081/10 Petroleum hydrocarbon resins (hydrogenated)
Specifications:
Petroleum hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated are produced by the catalytic or thermal polymerisation of dienes and olefins of the aliphatic, alicyclic and/or monobenzenoid arylalkene types from distillates of cracked petroleum stocks with a boiling range not greater than 220 °C, as well as the pure monomers found in these distillation streams, subsequently followed by distillation, hydrogenation and additional processing.
Properties:
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Viscosity: > 3 Pa.s at 120 °C.
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Softening point: > 95 °C as determined by ASTM Method E 28-67.
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Bromine number: < 40 (ASTM D1159)
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The colour of a 50 % solution in toluene < 11 on the Gardner scale
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Residual aromatic monomer ≤ 50 ppm
76845 Polyester of 1,4-butanediol with caprolactone
MW fraction < 1 000 is less than 0,5 % (w/w)
81500 Polyvinylpyrrolidone
The substance shall meet the purity criteria established in Commission Directive 96/77/EC f1
88640 Soybean oil, epoxidized
Oxirane < 8 %, iodine number < 6
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