Commission Directive 2002/72/EC (repealed)Show full title

[X1 [F1 Article 4 U.K.

1. A list of additives which may be used for the manufacture of plastic materials and articles, together with the restrictions and/or specifications on their use, is set out in Annex III.

That list of additives shall be considered to be an incomplete list until the Commission decides, in accordance with Article 4a, that it shall become a positive Community list of authorised additives, to the exclusion of all others.

The Commission shall establish, by 31 December 2007 at the latest, the date when that list shall become a positive list.

2. For the additives listed in Annex III, section B, the verification of compliance with the specific migration limits in simulant D or in test media of substitute tests as laid down in Article 3(1), second subparagraph of Directive 82/711/EEC and Article 1 of Directive 85/572/EEC shall apply from [F2 [X2 1 May 2008] ] .

3. The lists in Annex III, sections A and B do not yet include the following additives:

(a) additives used only in the manufacture of:

• (a) surface coatings obtained from resinous or polymerised products in liquid, powder or dispersion form, such as varnishes, lacquers, paints,

• epoxy resins,

• adhesives and adhesion promoters,

• printing inks;

(b) colorants;

(c) solvents.] ]

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002 relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Official Journal of the European Communities L 220 of 15 August 2002).

X2 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and Council Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Official Journal of the European Union L 91 of 31 March 2007).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2004/19/EC of 1 March 2004 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Substituted by Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and Council Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance).