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This Order amends the Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Order 1979. It provides an additional transitional provision to enable wholesale dealing in medicinal products which are toothpastes, and which contain not more than 4 per cent. of chloroform, up to and including 31st December 1980. The Order is made for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 79/661/EEC relating to Cosmetic Products.