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European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
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1.Member States shall ensure that the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed the following:
600 ppm by weight two years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i);
250 ppm by weight three years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i);
100 ppm by weight five years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i).
2.The concentration levels referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to packaging entirely made of lead crystal glass as defined in Directive 69/493/EEC(1).
3.The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, determine:
the conditions under which the above concentration levels will not apply to recycled materials and to product loops which are in a closed and controlled chain,
the types of packaging which are exempted from the requirement referred to in paragraph 1, third indent.
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