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Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.By way of derogation from Article 5, substances other than those included in the F2... list may be used as polymer production aids in the manufacture of plastic layers in plastic materials and articles subject to [F3any relevant enactment].
[F42.By way of derogation from Article 5, colorants and solvents which were capable of lawful use in the manufacture of plastic layers in plastic materials and articles prior to adoption of the list may continue to be so used subject to any relevant enactment.]
3.The following substances not included in the F2... list are authorised subject to the rules set out in Articles 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12:
[F5(a ) all salts of substances for which ‘ yes ’ is indicated in column 2 in Table 1 of Annex II of authorised acids, phenols or alcohols, and subject to the restrictions set out in column 3 and 4 of that table;]
(b)mixtures obtained by mixing authorised substances without a chemical reaction of the components;
(c)when used as additives, natural or synthetic polymeric substances of a molecular weight of at least 1 000 Da, except macromolecules obtained from microbial fermentation, complying with the requirements of this Regulation, if they are capable of functioning as the main structural component of final materials or articles;
(d)when used as monomer or other starting substance, pre-polymers and natural or synthetic macromolecular substances, as well as their mixtures, except macromolecules obtained from microbial fermentation, if the monomers or starting substances required to synthesise them are included in the F2... list.
4.The following substances not included in the F2... list may be present in the plastic layers of plastic materials or articles:
(a)non-intentionally added substances;
(b)aids to polymerisation.
5.By derogation from Article 5, additives not included in the F2... list may continue to be used subject to national law after 1 January 2010 until a decision is taken to include or not to include them in the F2... list provided they are included in the provisional list referred to in Article 7.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 6 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 69(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Art. 6 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 69(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 69(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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