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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-836/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/836",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 836/2012 of 18 September 2012 amending Annex XVII to 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 lead (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "text": "In Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the following entry 63 is added:\nOJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 36.’\n‘63.\nLead\nCAS No 7439-92-1\nEC No 231-100-4\nand its compounds\n1.\nShall not be placed on the market or used in any individual part of jewellery articles if the concentration of lead (expressed as metal) in such a part is equal to or greater than 0,05 % by weight.\n2.\nFor the purposes of paragraph 1:\n(i) “jewellery articles” shall include jewellery and imitation jewellery articles and hair accessories, including:\n(a) bracelets, necklaces and rings;\n(b) piercing jewellery;\n(c) wrist watches and wrist-wear;\n(d) brooches and cufflinks;\n(ii) “any individual part” shall include the materials from which the jewellery is made, as well as the individual components of the jewellery articles.\n3.\nParagraph 1 shall also apply to individual parts when placed on the market or used for jewellery-making.\n4.\nBy way of derogation, paragraph 1 shall not apply to:\n(a) crystal glass as defined in Annex I (categories 1, 2, 3 and 4) to Council Directive 69/493/EEC;\n(b) internal components of watch timepieces inaccessible to consumers;\n(c) non-synthetic or reconstructed precious and semiprecious stones (CN code 7103, as established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87), unless they have been treated with lead or its compounds or mixtures containing these substances;\n(d) enamels, defined as vitrifiable mixtures resulting from the fusion, vitrification or sintering of minerals melted at a temperature of at least 500 °C.\n5.\nBy way of derogation, paragraph 1 shall not apply to jewellery articles placed on the market for the first time before 9 October 2013 and jewellery articles produced before 10 December 1961.\n6.\nBy 9 October 2017, the Commission shall re-evaluate this entry in the light of new scientific information, including the availability of alternatives and the migration of lead from the articles referred to in paragraph 1 and, if appropriate, modify this entry accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "OJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 36.’"
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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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