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Amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

2.—(1) The Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the Directives”—

(a)after sub-paragraph (f) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(fa)Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations(2);

(b)after sub-paragraph (h) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(ha)Directive 2000/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum examination requirements for safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail or inland waterway(3);;

(c)at the end of sub-paragraphs (k) and (l) the word “and” shall be omitted;

(d)after sub-paragraph (l) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

(m)Commission Directive 2001/60/EC adapting to technical progress Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations(4);

(n)Commission Directive 2003/28/EC adapting for the fourth time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road(5);

(o)Commission Directive 2003/29/EC adapting for the fourth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(6);

(p)Commission Directive 2004/89/EC adapting for the fifth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(7)

(q)Commission Directive 2004/110/EC adapting for the sixth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(8);

(r)Commission Directive 2004/111/EC adapting for the fifth time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road(9);

(s)Commission Directive 2006/89/EC adapting for the sixth time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road(10); and

(t)Commission Directive 2006/90/EC adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(11); and .

(2)

O.J. No. L200, 30.7.1999, p.1

(3)

O.J. No. L118, 19.5.2000, p. 41

(4)

O.J. No. L226, 22.8.2001, p. 5

(5)

O.J. No. L90, 8.4.2003, p. 45

(6)

O.J. No. L90, 8.4.2003, p. 47

(7)

O.J. No. L293, 16.9.2004, p. 14

(8)

O.J. No. L365, 10.12.2004, p. 24

(9)

O.J. No. L365, 10.12.2004, p. 25

(10)

O.J. No. L305, 4.11.2006, p. 4

(11)

O.J. No. L305, 4.11.2006, p. 6