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Directive 2009/148/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 2

Directive 2009/148/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 2

Article 2

For the purposes of this Directive, ‘asbestos’ means the following fibrous silicates: (a) asbestos actinolite, CAS No 77536-66-4  ( 5 ) ; (b) asbestos grunerite (amosite), CAS No 12172-73-5  ( 5 ) ; (c) asbestos anthophyllite, CAS No 77536-67-5  ( 5 ) ; (d) chrysotile, CAS No 12001-29-5  ( 5 ) ; (e) crocidolite, CAS No 12001-28-4  ( 5 ) ; (f) asbestos tremolite, CAS No 77536-68-6  ( 5 ) .

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