Article 2U.K.
For the purpose of this Directive:
Asbestos means the following fibrous silicates:
crocidolite (blue asbestos),
actinolite,
anthophyllite,
chrysotile (white asbestos),
amosite (brown asbestos),
tremolite.
Raw asbestos means:
the product resulting from the primary crushing of asbestos ore.
Use of asbestos means:
activities which involve the handling of a quantity of more than 100 kilograms of raw asbestos per year and which concern:
the production of raw asbestos ore excluding any process directly associated with the mining of the ore, and/or
the manufacturing and industrial finishing of the following products using raw asbestos: asbestos cement or asbestos-cement products, asbestos friction products, asbestos filters, asbestos textiles, asbestos paper and card, asbestos jointing, packaging and reinforcement materials, asbestos floor coverings, asbestos fillers.
Working of products containing asbestos means:
activities other than the use of asbestos, which are liable to release asbestos into the environment.