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Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Objectives

  3. Article 2.Scope

  4. Article 3.Definitions

  5. Article 4.Designated national authorities of the Member States

  6. Article 5.Participation of the Union in the Convention

  7. Article 6.Tasks of the Agency

  8. Article 7.Chemicals subject to export notification, chemicals qualifying for PIC notification, and chemicals subject to the PIC procedure

  9. Article 8.Export notifications forwarded to Parties and other countries

  10. Article 9.Export notifications received from Parties and other countries

  11. Article 10.Information on export and import of chemicals

  12. Article 11.Notification of banned or severely restricted chemicals under the Convention

  13. Article 12.Information to be transmitted to the Secretariat concerning banned or severely restricted chemicals not qualifying for PIC notification

  14. Article 13.Obligations in relation to import of chemicals

  15. Article 14.Obligations in relation to export of chemicals other than export notification

  16. Article 15.Export of certain chemicals and articles

  17. Article 16.Information on transit movements

  18. Article 17.Information to accompany exported chemicals

  19. Article 18.Obligations of the authorities of the Member States for controlling import and export

  20. Article 19.Further obligations of exporters

  21. Article 20.Exchange of information

  22. Article 21.Technical assistance

  23. Article 22.Monitoring and reporting

  24. Article 23.Updating annexes

  25. Article 24.The budget of the Agency

  26. Article 25.Formats and software for submission of information to the Agency

  27. Article 26.Exercise of the delegation

  28. Article 27.Committee procedure

  29. Article 28.Penalties

  30. Article 29.Transitional period on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals

  31. Article 30.Repeal

  32. Article 31.Entry into force

  33. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      LIST OF CHEMICALS

      1. PART 1 List of chemicals subject to export notification procedure (referred to in Article 8) It should be noted that...

      2. PART 2 List of chemicals qualifying for PIC notification (referred to in Article 11) This list comprises chemicals qualifying...

      3. PART 3 List of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure (referred to in Articles 13 and 14) (The categories shown...

    2. ANNEX II

      EXPORT NOTIFICATION

      1. The following information is required pursuant to Article 8:

      2. Identity of the substance to be exported: name in nomenclature...

    3. ANNEX III

      Information to be supplied to the Commission by the designated national authorities of the Member States in accordance with Article 10

      1. 1. Summary of quantities of chemicals (in the form of substances,...

      2. 2. List of natural or legal persons importing chemicals into a...

    4. ANNEX IV

      Notification to the Secretariat of the Convention of a banned or severely restricted chemical

      1. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11

    5. ANNEX V

      Chemicals and articles subject to export ban

      1. PART 1 Persistent organic pollutants as listed in Annexes A and B...

      2. PART 2 Chemicals other than persistent organic pollutants as listed in Annexes...

    6. ANNEX VI

    7. ANNEX VII

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