Article 8 Export notifications forwarded to Parties and other countries

In the case of substances listed in Part 1 of F1the GB PIC list or mixtures containing such substances in a concentration that triggers labelling obligations under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 irrespective of the presence of any other substances, paragraphs 2 to 8 of this Article shall apply regardless of the intended use of the chemical in the F2importing Party, other country or Northern Ireland.

When an exporter is due to export a chemical referred to in paragraph 1 from F3Great BritainF4to a Party, other country or Northern Ireland for the first time on or after the date on which it becomes subject to this Regulation, the exporter shall notify the F5exporter's Designated National Authority, no later than 35 days before the expected date of export. Thereafter the exporter shall notify F6the Designated National Authority of the first export of the chemical each calendar year no later than 35 days before the export takes place. The notifications shall comply with the information requirements laid down in Annex II F7....

The F8exporter's Designated National Authority shall check compliance of the information with Annex II F9....

F10The Designated National Authority must, transmit the notification to the designated national authority of the importing Party F11or Northern Ireland or the appropriate authority of the importing other country and take the measures necessary to ensure that they receive that notification no later than 15 days before the first intended export of the chemical and thereafter no later than 15 days before the first export in any subsequent calendar year.

The F12Designated National AuthorityF13must maintain a list of export notifications and assign each export notification a reference identification number F14.... The Designated National Authority shall also make available to the public F15... an updated list of the chemicals concerned and the F16importing Parties, other countries and Northern Ireland for each calendar year F17via its website.

If the F18Designated National Authority does not receive from the F19importing Party, other country or Northern Ireland an acknowledgement of receipt of the first export notification made after the chemical is included in Part 1 of F20the GB PIC list within 30 days of the dispatch of such notification, it shallF21... submit a second notification. The F22Designated National Authority shallF23... make reasonable efforts to ensure that the designated national authority of the importing Party F24or Northern Ireland or the appropriate authority of the importing other country receives the second notification.

A new export notification shall be made in accordance with paragraph 2 for exports which take place subsequent to the entry into force of amendments to F25F26assimilated law concerning the marketing, use or labelling of the substances in question or whenever the composition of the mixture in question changes so that the labelling of such mixture is altered. The new notification shall comply with the information requirements laid down in Annex II and shall indicate that it is a revision of a previous notification.

Where the export of a chemical relates to an emergency situation in which any delay may endanger public health or the environment in F27the importing Party, other country or Northern Ireland, an exemption from the obligations set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 in whole or in part may be granted at the reasoned request of the exporter or the importing Party, other country or Northern Ireland and at the discretion of the F28exporter’s Designated National Authority.

Without prejudice to the obligations set out in Article 19(2), the obligations set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall cease when all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the obligations set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall not cease where an importing country is a Party to the Convention and explicitly requires continued export notification by exporting Parties, for example through its import decision or otherwise F32, or in the case of Northern Ireland, where export notification by exporting Parties is explicitly required through the import decision relating to Northern Ireland or otherwise.

Without prejudice to the obligations set out in Article 19(2), the obligations set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall also cease when both of the following conditions are fulfilled:

F37The Designated National Authority and the exporters shall, on request, provide F38importing Parties, other countries and Northern Ireland with available additional information concerning the exported chemicals.

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