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The Creosote (Prohibition on Use and Marketing)(No. 2) Regulations 2003

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3.  In these Regulations—

“the Directive” means Commission Directive 2001/90/EC(1) adapting to technical progress for the seventh time Annex 1 to Council Directive 76/769/EEC(2) 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 (creosote);

“dangerous substance or preparation” means a substance or preparation for use in wood treatment and containing one or more of the substances set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;

“industrial or professional use” includes use on railways, in electric power transmission and telecommunications, for fencing, for agricultural purposes (such as stakes for tree support) and in harbours and waterways; and

“treated wood” means wood that has been treated with a dangerous substance or preparation.

(1)

OJ No. L283, 27.10.01, p. 41.

(2)

OJ No. L262, 27.9.76, p. 201.

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