Commission Directive 2010/79/EU of 19 November 2010 on the adaptation to technical progress of Annex III to Directive 2004/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds

• CELEX: Directive 2010/79/EU
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Annex III to Directive 2004/42/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2 Transposition

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 10 June 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

METHODS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1)

Permitted method for products with VOC content below 15 % by mass where reactive diluents are not present:

Parameter

Unit

Test

Method

Date of publication

VOC content

g/l

ISO 11890-2

2006

Permitted methods for products with VOC content equal to or greater than 15 % by mass where reactive diluents are not present:

Parameter

Unit

Test

Method

Date of publication

VOC content

g/l

ISO 11890-1

2007

VOC content

g/l

ISO 11890-2

2006

Permitted method for products with VOC content where reactive diluents are present:

Parameter

Unit

Test

Method

Date of publication

VOC content

g/l

ASTMD 2369

2003’