文档介绍：EN Official Journal of the European Union L 42/45
DIRECTIVE 2003/11/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 February 2003
amending for the 24th time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing
and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (pentabromodiphenyl ether, octabromo-
diphenyl ether)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE (4) In order to protect health and the environment the
EUROPEAN UNION, placing on the market and the use of pentaBDE and
octaBDE and the placing on the market of articles
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the mu- containing one or both of these substances should be
nity, and in particular Article 95 thereof, prohibited.
Having regard to the proposals from mission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social (5) The presence of pentaBDE or octaBDE in concentrations
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Committee ( ), higher than 0,1 % can be identified using standard analy-
tical techniques such as GC-MS (gas chromatography-
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article mass spectrometry).
251 of the Treaty (3), in the light of the joint text approved by
the mittee on 8 November 2002,
Whereas:
(6) The risk assessment on decaBDE was concluded in
August 2002 and has revealed a number of uncertainties
(1) Under Article 14 of the Treaty, an area without i