Hexachloroethane controls - Consultation

Consultation on the Transposition of the 8th Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Marketing and Use Directive 76/769/EEC: The Environmental Protection (Controls on Hexachloroethane) Regulations 2002 in Great Britain

Note: This consultation has now closed. A summary of responses, and an indication of what actions the Government intends to take following the consultation, will be published in due course. The following material has been left in place for reference/archive purposes.

This consultation paper requests information and comments from interested producers, manufacturers, users, non-governmental organisations, the scientific community and other parties. It summarises and considers the transposition of the 8th adaptation to technical progress of the marketing and use of hexachloroethane (HCE) in Great Britain.

EC Directive 2001/91/EC 29 EC (Official Journal No. L286/27, 30 October 2001, page 27) adapts to technical progress the 15th amendment to Directive 76/769/EEC and further restricts the use of hexachloroethane by removing the derogations that previously allowed hexachloroethane to be used in some non-ferrous metal production. The Directive now prohibits the use of hexacholoroethane in all non-ferrous metal manufacturing.

The objective of Directive 2001/91/EC is to amend the previous Directive 76/769/EEC (by removing its derogations for uses of HCE) in order to reduce the potential risks to human health and the environment from exposure to HCE and certain bi-products resulting from its use.

The following documents are available:

• consultation document (Adobe Acrobat format, 60kb) - this includes:
  • Annex I - Draft Transposing Regulations
  • Annex II - Consultation list
  • Annex III - Draft Regulatory Impact Assessment
• covering letter sent to consultees (Adobe Acrobat format, 10kb)

EU documents can be located via the following:

• The main European Union web site is at this address
• European Union legal documents can be accessed at this site.
• The public register of Council Documents can be used to locate latest texts
• The current stage of the European Parliament's consideration can be obtained using the European Parliament's Legislative Observatory.

Responses

Responses are requested by 28 January 2003 to:

Chuin Kee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chemicals and GM Policy Division
3/E5
Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6DE

Replies can also be sent by email to:

chemical.management@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Printed copies of the consultation paper can be obtained by writing to or e-mailing the above addresses.

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