The present Ordinance enforces the Chemicals Act. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to penalties to be paid for actions contrary, inter alia, to the following EU- directives: Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC of 29 April 2004 ; Regulation (EC) No. 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases of 17 May 2006 ; Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency of 18 December 2006 ; Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures of 16 December 2008. The text consists of 18 articles divided into 10 Parts.
Germany · 2013-04-23