Commission Regulation (EU) No 1297/2014 of 5 December 2014 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1297/2014 of 5 December 2014 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EU) No 1297/2014 · Regulation · 4 articles
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Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 is amended as follows:
(1)
in the second subparagraph of Article 35(2), the following sentence is added:
‘Where a liquid consumer laundry detergent, as defined in Article 2(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , is contained in a soluble packaging for single use, the additional requirements of section 3.3 of Annex II shall apply.
( *1 ) Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents ( OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 1 ).’
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(2)
Annex II is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
1. By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, substances subject to Article 1, classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and placed on the market before 1 June 2015 shall not be required to be relabelled and repackaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as amended by this Regulation, until 31 December 2015.
2. By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, mixtures subject to Article 1, classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) or Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and placed on the market before 1 June 2015 shall not be required to be relabelled and repackaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as amended by this Regulation, until 31 December 2015.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 June 2015.
ANNEX
In Part 3 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 the following section 3.3 is added:
‘3.3 Liquid consumer laundry detergents in soluble packaging for single use
Where a liquid consumer laundry detergent in dosages for single use is contained in a soluble packaging, the following additional provisions shall apply:
3.3.1.
Liquid consumer laundry detergents contained in soluble packaging for single use shall be contained in an outer packaging. The outer packaging shall fulfil the requirements of section 3.3.2 and the soluble packaging shall fulfil the requirements of section 3.3.3.
3.3.2.
The outer packaging shall:
(i)
be opaque or obscure so that it impedes the visibility of the product or individual doses;
(ii)
without prejudice to Article 32(3), bear the precautionary statement P102 “Keep out of reach of children” at a visible place and in a format that attracts attention;
(iii)
be an easily reclosable, self-standing container;
(iv)
without prejudice to the requirements of section 3.1, be fitted with a closure that:
(a)
impedes the ability of young children to open the packaging by requiring coordinated action of both hands with a strength that makes it difficult for young children to open it;
(b)
maintains its functionality under conditions of repeated opening and closing for the entire life span of the outer packaging.
3.3.3.
The soluble packaging shall:
(i)
contain an aversive agent in a concentration which is safe, and which elicits oral repulsive behaviour within a maximum time of 6 seconds, in case of accidental oral exposure;
(ii)
retain its liquid content for at least 30 seconds when the soluble packaging is placed in water at 20 °C;
(iii)
resist mechanical compressive strength of at least 300 N under standard test conditions.’
