The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Annex 2

2.—(1) Annex 2 (requirements for the compilation of safety data sheets) is amended as follows.

(2) In point 0.2.2, after “set out in” insert “retained EU law that transposed”.

(3) In point 1.1—

(a) in the first paragraph, for the words from “the official language(s)” to the end of the paragraph substitute “English”;

(b) in the third paragraph, in point (b), omit the words “Member State”.

(4) In point 1.3—

(a) omit the second paragraph;

(b) in the fourth paragraph, for “non-Union” substitute “non-United Kingdom”.

(5) In point 1.4, omit from “in the Member State” to “on the market”.

(6) In point 2.1, in the first paragraph, omit “to the classification and labelling inventory”.

(7) In point 3.2.2(a)(ii), omit “Union”.

(8) In point 3.2.3, omit “Union”.

(9) In point 3.2.4, in point (b), omit the words “Member State”.

(10) In point 7, in the second paragraph, after “measures according to” insert “retained EU law that transposed”.

(11) In point 8.1.1, omit “in the Member State in which the safety data sheet is being provided”.

(12) For points 8.1.1.1 to 8.1.1.5 substitute—

“8.1.1.1.   the workplace exposure limit within the meaning of—

(a) the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2677), as respects Great Britain, or

(b) the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 34), as respects Northern Ireland;

8.1.1.2.   the occupational exposure limit within the meaning of—

(a) the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2676), as respects Great Britain, or

(b) the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 35), as respects Northern Ireland.”.

(13) In point 8.2.1, after “in accordance with” insert “the retained EU law that transposed”.

(14) In point 8.2.2.2, for “Council Directive 89/686/EEC” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2016/425(1)”.

(15) In point 8.2.3, omit “Union”.

(16) In point 13, in the first paragraph—

(a) after “the requirements of” insert “the retained EU law that transposed”;

(b) omit “by the Member State in which the safety data sheet is being supplied”.

(17) In point 13.1, in the second paragraph, for the words from “Union” to “force” substitute “legislation relating to waste”.

(18) In point 14, omit from “, all three” to “of the Council”.

(19) In point 15.1, in the first paragraph—

(a) omit “Union”;

(b) for “for example,” substitute “including relevant EU provisions transposed through retained EU law, such as the”;

(c) for “Council Directive 96/82/EC” substitute “Directive 2012/18/EU”;

(d) omit the second sentence.

(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (OJ No. L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).