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Ref : EIC 230/6/14
1 August 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 596/2012
European Union (EU)* : Exports and Imports of Dangerous Chemicals
Further to Commercial Information Circular No 83/2012 dated 2 February 2012, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have adopted a Regulation concerning exports and imports of dangerous chemicals. Details are set out in Regulation (EU) No 649/2012, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:201:0060:0106:EN:PDF
DETAILS
2. Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals has been substantially amended several times. For reasons of clarity and consistency with other relevant Union legislation, the Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be recast and repealed by the new Regulation which shall be applied from 1 March 2014.
ENQUIRIES
3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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