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The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993
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These Regulations give effect in part to Council Directive 91/173/EEC (OJ No. L85, 5.4.1991, p 34) which amended for the ninth time Directive 76/769/EEC (OJ No. L262, 27.9.1976, p 201) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
Regulation 2 provides that the Regulations do not apply to marketing or use which is authorised under the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1510).
Regulation 3 prohibits the marketing of PCP other than its marketing, under certain conditions, for use in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles or as a synthesizing and/or processing agent.
Regulation 4 prohibits the use of PCP other than for the purposes for which it may be marketed. Regulation 5 prohibits the use of wood treated with PCP inside buildings or for certain containers.
Regulation 6 makes it a criminal offence to contravene regulations 3, 4 or 5 and specifies the penalties for such offences.
The CAS Registry Handbook may be inspected at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OBN.
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