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Council Directive 74/557/EEC of 4 June 1974 on the… ANNEX

Council Directive 74/557/EEC of 4 June 1974 on the… ANNEX

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The following categories of products referred to in Article 2 (2) are the subject of special arrangements in the Member States (as of 4 June 1974): - Belgium: Toxic substances and preparations 1. listed in the arrêté du Régent of 6 February 1946 (with amendments) regulating the preservation and supply of poisonous and toxic substances (in implementation of the law of 24 February 1921); 2. classified in categories 1 and 2 of the arrêté royal of 31 May 1958 regulating the preservation, trade in and use of pesticides and phytopharmaceutical products. - Denmark: 1. (a) Venomous or toxic substances and harmful products referred to in the Annex to the Law No 119 of 3 May 1961 and referred to in the Decree (bekendtgørelse) No 305 of 9 October 1961 (made in execution of the latter) which establish the rules for the manufacture, receipt, storage and dispensing of these poisons and products; (b) Venomous or toxic substances and harmful products set out in Decree (bekendtgørelse) No 304 of 9 October 1961 establishing rules on the use of these poisons and products. 2. Products (phytopharmaceuticals, weed-killers, pesticides, plantgrowth regulators) set out in Law No 118 of 3 May 1961 and referred to in the Decrees (bekendtgørelser) made in application of that Law which provide that these products may not be marketed or used by the trade unless it is approved and classified by the Poisons Board (giftnevnet) and which also lay down detailed rules on the receipt, storage, packaging, labelling etc, of these products. 3. Products (phytopharmaceuticals, weedkillers, pesticides, plantgrowth regulators) referred to in the Decree (bekendtgørelse) of 25 September 1961 which provides that the authorization to use the products marked with an X usually conditional upon the user having taken a course in toxicology organized by the Poisons Board (giftuævnet). - Germany: Toxic substances and preparations classified in categories 1, 2 and 3 of the laws and regulations of Länder concerning the trade in and distribution of phythosanitary toxic products and products having toxic effects on plant health, and in paragraph 34 subparagraph 5 of the Commercial Code (Gewerbeordnung), version of 15 February 1963. - France: 1. Poisonous substances listed in Tables A (toxic products) and C (dangerous products) of Section I of Décret 56-1197 of 26 November 1956 (Code de la Santé publique, Book V, Part 2, Title III, Chapter 1, Sections I and II, Articles R 5149 to 5168). 2. Noxious products for use in industry specified in the Code du travail, Book II, Title II, Articles 67, 2, 78, 79 and 80 and in the regulations and decrees issued pursuant to the implementation of these provisions. 3. Harmful products specified in the list of dangerous, unhealthy and unsuitable premises established in pursuance of Articles 5 and 7 of the Law of 19 December 1917. 4. Antiparasitic products for use in agriculture (Law of 2 November 1943 as amended by the Law of 30 July 1963 ; arrêté of 6 September 1954 on the approval of branded antiparasitic products for use in agriculture, supplemented by the arrêté of 6 February 1962). - Ireland: Poisons which are for the time being listed in Regulations under the Poisons Act, 1961, and the sale of which is prohibited except by certain authorized persons. - Italy: 1. Toxic gases (Article 58 - single text of the Laws on Public Safety approved by the royal decree No 773 of 18 June 1931 ; royal decree No 147 of 9 January 1927 ; tables of toxic gases annexed to the Ministerial decree of 6 February 1935 and subsequent amendments thereof). 2. Poisonous substances for use in industry (Article 147 - single text of the Health Laws approved by the royal decree No 1265 of 27 July 1934). 3. Medico-surgical products (bactericides, germicides, and disinfectants) (royal decree No 3112 of 6 December 1928 and implementing regulation of the Law No 1070 of 23 June 1927, approved by the royal decree No 3112 of 6 December 1928) and medical products (phytopharmaceuticals and products intended for use as food preservatives) (Article 6 of the Law No 283 of 30 April 1962, amended by Article 4 of the Law No 441 of 26 February 1963, and regulations governing the production, trade in and sale of phytopharmaceuticals and products intended for use as food preservatives, approved by the decree of the President of the Republic No 1095 of 3 August 1968). 4. Ceruse (Law No 706 of 19 July 1961). 5. Benzol (Law No 245 of 5 March 1963). 6. Cosmetic products and dyes containing poisonous substances (Article 7 of the royal decree No 1938 of 30 October 1924). - Luxembourg: 1. Trade in and distribution of certain products (Law of 25 September 1953 - Memorial No 62 of 10 October 1953). 2. Trade in and use of phytopharmaceutical products (pesticides for use in agriculture, plant growth regulators, preservatives, herbicides, micro-organisms and viruses as antiparasitic agents...) (Law of 20 February 1968, Memorial No 9 of 12 March 1968 - Grand-Ducal regulation of 29 May 1970, Memorial No 33 of 15 June 1970). - Netherlands: Toxic substances and preparations, Law (Bestrijdingsmiddelenwet of 1962). - United Kingdom: 1. Poisons which for the time being are listed in the Poisons List Order and are subject to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933 and to the Poisons Rules, or poisons in the Poisons Schedule which are subject to the Pharmacy and Poisons Acts (Northern Ireland) 1925 to 1967 and to the Poisons Regulations (Northern Ireland). 2. Substances covered by the Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 and Regulations. 3. Substances covered by the Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act 1952 and Regulations.

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