Article 2 Scope

United Kingdom

This Regulation applies to the substances listed in Annexes I and II and to mixtures and substances that contain those substances.

This Regulation does not apply to:

(a)

articles as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(b)

pyrotechnic articles as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2013/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

(c)

pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use in accordance with national law by the armed forces, law enforcement authorities or fire services;

(d)

pyrotechnic equipment falling within the scope of Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2;

(e)

pyrotechnic articles intended for use in the aerospace industry;

(f)

percussion caps intended for toys;

(g)

medicinal products that have been legitimately made available to a member of the general public on the basis of a medical prescription in accordance with the applicable national law.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Directive 2013/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 27).
f2: Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146).