1999/835/EC: Commission Decision of 26 October 1999 on the national provisions notified by the Kingdom of Denmark concerning the limitation to the placing on the market and use of creosote (notified under document number C(1999) 3427) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Danish text is authentic)
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The provisions applicable to the marketing and use of creosote, as contained in Chapter 7 of Law No 212 of 23 May 1979 are approved, in so far as they are applied in such a manner: - that the limits for benzo[a]pyrene and water extractable phenols established by Directive 94/60/EC are not exceeded, and - that the placing on the market and use of creosote are allowed when compatible with the need to protect health and the environment.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. Done at Brussels, 26 October 1999. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 201. (2) OJ L 207, 6.8.1999, p. 18. (3) OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 1. (4) Act on chemical substances and products, notified in the form of the Consolidated Act from the Ministry of the Environment No 583 of 9 July, 1993. (5) Dr P. M. Sorgo, Study on the Justification in Scientific Terms of Allowing Denmark to Retain is National Laws on Creosote, Final Report, November 1996. (6) G. Grimmer, Study on the Justification in Scientific Terms of Allowing the Netherlands to Retain its National Laws on Creosote in Place of Council Directive 94/60/EC. Final Report, Biochemisches Institut für Umweltcarcinogene, Großhansdorf (Germany), December 1995. Environmental Resources Management, Scientific Evaluation of the German Request for Derogation from Provisions of Council Directive 94/60/CE Concerning Creosote, Final Report, 24 April 1996. WS Atkins International Ltd, Study on the Justification in Scientific Terms of Allowing Sweden to Retain its National Laws on Creosote in Place of Council Directive 94/60/EC, Final Report, August 1997. (7) Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Aerosol Research, Dermal Carcinogenicity Study of Two Coal Tar Products (CTP) by Chronic Epicutaneous Application in Male CD-1 Mice (78 Weeks), Final Report, Hanover, October 1997. (8) S. Karlehagen et al., Cancer Incidence Among Creosote-Exposed Workers, Scand. J. Work Environ. Health, 1992:18, p. 26. (9) IARC, Monograph on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, Vol. 35, Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 4, Bitumen, Coal Tars and Derived Products, Shale Soils and Soots, Lyon, 1985. (10) J.M. Holland, E.L. Frome, Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology, Vol. VI, Applied Toxicology of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, ed. MacFarland et al., Princeton Scientific Publishers 1984. (11) OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1. (12) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 57. (13) OJ L 381, 31.12.1994, p. 1. (14) Note M of the foreword to Annex I of Council Directive 67/548/EEC is applicable to creosote. (15) Van Rooij J.G.M., et al., Absorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Through Human Skin: Differences between Anatomical Sites and Individuals, J. Tox. Environ. Health, 38,1993, p. 355. (16) Van Rooij, J.G.M., Dermal Exposure to Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Among Workers, Thesis ISBN 90-9007080-X, Nijmwegen 1993. (17) S. Holmroos, Analys av kreosotstolpar i Simlångsdalen efter 40 års exponering i fält. Rapport nr. M205-252.092. Älvkarleby: Vattenfall Utveckling. 1994. (18) L.L. Ingram et al., Migration of Creosote and its Components from Treated Piling Sections in a Marine Environment, Proc. Ann. Meet. Am. Wood Preserv. Assoc. 78, 1982, p. 120. See also footnotes 8 and 18. (19) Bkh consulting engineers, Foundation of the appeal against the EC Directive on creosote, Final Report, Delft, 1 July 1995. (20) See footnote 8. (21) See footnote 8. (22) See footnote 7. (23) See footnote 7. (24) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. (25) Research Contract FAIR5-CT98-3933 (fourth framework programme for RTD), Integrating the processes involved in the production of creosoted utility poles. (26) Environmental Resources Management, Trade and Competition Assessment of the German and Danish Request for Derogations on the Marketing and Use of Creosote, Final Report, June 1996. (27) See footnote 27.
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