CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Scope
Article 2
1
This Regulation shall apply to materials and articles which are placed on the EU market and fall under the following categories:
a
materials and articles and parts thereof consisting exclusively of plastics;
b
plastic multi-layer materials and articles held together by adhesives or by other means;
c
materials and articles referred to in points a) or b) that are printed and/or covered by a coating;
d
plastic layers or plastic coatings, forming gaskets in caps and closures, that together with those caps and closures compose a set of two or more layers of different types of materials;
e
plastic layers in multi-material multi-layer materials and articles.
2
This Regulation shall not apply to the following materials and articles which are placed on the EU market and are intended to be covered by other specific measures:
a
ion exchange resins;
b
rubber;
c
silicones.
3
This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the EU or national provisions applicable to printing inks, adhesives or coatings.