The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993

Marketing PCP

3.  mdash;

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall market, other than for research and development or analysis purposes, PCP, or any substance containing PCP, in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1 per cent by weight.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the marketing of PCP, or any substance containing PCP, which has a total H₆CDD content below 4 parts per million and which—

(a) is marketed solely for use in industrial installations—

(i) for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles not intended for clothing or for decorative furnishings, or

(ii) as a synthesizing and/or processing agent in industrial processes,

(b) is placed on the market in packages of 20 litres or more marked clearly and indelibly with the words “Reserved for industrial and professional use”,

(c) is not sold to the general public, and

(d) is not waste to which Council Directive 75/442/EEC((1)) or Council Directive 78/319/EEC((2)) applies.

(1)

OJ No. L194, 25.7.1975, p 39.

(2)

OJ No. L84, 31.3.1978, p 43.