{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-835/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/835",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 835/2012 of 18 September 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-835",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the table setting out the designation of the substances, groups of substances and mixtures and the conditions of restriction is amended as follows:\n(1) in the second column of entry 23, the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following:\n‘\n1.\nShall not be used in mixtures and articles produced from the following synthetic organic polymers (hereafter referred to as plastic material):\npolymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride (PVC) [3904 10] [3904 21]\npolyurethane (PUR) [3909 50]\nlow-density polyethylene (LDPE), with the exception of low-density polyethylene used for the production of coloured masterbatch [3901 10]\ncellulose acetate (CA) [3912 11]\ncellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) [3912 11]\nepoxy resins [3907 30]\nmelamine-formaldehyde (MF) resins [3909 20]\nurea-formaldehyde (UF) resins [3909 10]\nunsaturated polyesters (UP) [3907 91]\npolyethylene terephthalate (PET) [3907 60]\npolybutylene terephthalate (PBT)\ntransparent/general-purpose polystyrene [3903 11]\nacrylonitrile methylmethacrylate (AMMA)\ncross-linked polyethylene (VPE)\nhigh-impact polystyrene\npolypropylene (PP) [3902 10]\nMixtures and articles produced from plastic material as listed above shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of the plastic material.\n’\n(2) in the second column of entry 23, in paragraph 1 the following subparagraph is added:\n‘\nBy 19 November 2012, in accordance with Article 69, the Commission shall ask the European Chemicals Agency to prepare a dossier conforming to the requirements of Annex XV in order to assess whether the use of cadmium and its compounds in plastic material, other than that listed in subparagraph 1, should be restricted.\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/835/annex",
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  "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."
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