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Commission Directive (EU) 2016/2037 of 21 November 2016 amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to 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 Directive (EU) 2016/2037 of 21 November 2016 amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to 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 )

Directive (EU) 2016/2037 · Directive · 3 articles

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Amendments to Directive 75/324/EEC

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 75/324/EEC is amended as follows: (a) Point 2.2 is replaced by the following: ‘2.2.    Labelling Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, each aerosol dispenser must visibly bear the following legible and indelible marking: (a) where the aerosol is classified as ‘non-flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 3 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (b) where the aerosol is classified as ‘flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 2 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (c) where the aerosol is classified as ‘extremely flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Danger’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 1 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (d) where the aerosol dispenser is a consumer product, the precautionary statement P102 provided for in Part 1, Table 6.1 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (e) any additional operating precautions which alert consumers to the specific dangers of the product; if the aerosol dispenser is accompanied by separate instructions for use, the latter must also reflect such operating precautions.’ (b) Point 3.1.2 is replaced by the following: ‘3.1.2 The pressure at 50 °C in the aerosol dispenser must not exceed the values provided for in the following table, depending upon the content of gases in the aerosol dispenser: Content of gases Pressure at 50 °C Liquefied gas or mixture of gases having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar 12 bar Liquefied gas or mixture of gases not having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar 13,2 bar Compressed gases or gases dissolved under pressure not having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar 15 bar’

Transposition

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 12 December 2017 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. They shall apply those provisions from 12 February 2018. 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.

Entry into force

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Implementing measures in the Member States

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