Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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The list of priority substances including substances identified as priority hazardous substances, provided for in Article 16(2) and (3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, is hereby adopted. This list, as it appears in the Annex to this Decision, shall be added to Directive 2000/60/EC as Annex X.
The list of priority substances established by this Decision shall replace the list of substances in the Commission Communication of 22 June 1982.
In order to ensure consideration of all potential priority substances, the Commission and the Member States shall ensure that the substance and exposure-related data needed for the implementation of the COMMPS procedure are made available.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 November 2001. For the European Parliament The President N. Fontaine For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) OJ C 177 E, 27.6.2000, p. 74 and OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 117. (2) OJ C 268, 19.9.2000, p. 11. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 15 May 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 8 October 2001. (4) OJ L 129, 18.5.1976, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/60/EC (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). (5) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. (6) OJ C 176, 14.7.1982, p. 3. (7) OJ L 104, 3.4.1998, p. 1. (8) Not inherently biodegradable and log Kow (octanol-water coefficient >= 5 or BCF (bioconcentration factor) >= 5000 and acute aquatic toxicity <= 0,1 mg/l or mammalian CMR (cancerogenicity, mutagenicity and toxic for reproduction). (9) Not inherently biodegradable and log Kow >= 4 or BCF >= 500 and acute aquatic toxicity <= 1 mg/l or mammalian CMR. (10) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/49/EC (OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 61). (11) OJ L 84, 5.4.1993, p. 1. (12) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.
"ANNEX X LIST OF PRIORITY SUBSTANCES IN THE FIELD OF WATER POLICY ((Where groups of substances have been selected, typical individual representatives are listed as indicative parameters (in brackets and without number). The establishment of controls will be targeted to these individual substances, without prejudicing the inclusion of other individual representatives, where appropriate.)) >TABLE>"
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