REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals

7.10.2005 - (COM(2003)0644 – C5-0531/2003 – 2003/0257(COD)) - ***I

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Guido Sacconi
Draftspersons (*):
Lena Ek, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Hartmut Nassauer, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
(*) Enhanced cooperation between committees - Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure

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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals

(COM(2003)0644 – C5-0531/2003 – 2003/0257(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0644)[1],

–   having regard to Articles 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0531/2003),

–   having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0285/2005),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendments by Parliament
Amendment 1 ARTICLE 1, POINT 1 Article 1, paragraph 1 (Directive 67/548/EEC)
(1) In Article 1, paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c) are deleted;	(1) In Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States on the classification, packaging and labelling of substances dangerous to man and the environment, and of articles containing such substances, where such substances or articles are placed on the market in the Member States.”
Justification
Extends the scope of the directive to include articles that contain dangerous substances.
Amendment 2 ARTICLE 1, POINT 6 Article 23 (Directive 67/548/EEC)
(6) In Article 23, paragraph 2, the following point (g) is added:   “(g) the registration number, when available.”	(6) Article 23 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 2, the following point (g) is added: “(g) the registration number, when available.” (b) the following paragraph 5 is added: “5. In the case of articles containing substances authorised under Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No of the European Parliament and of the Council [REACH]*, the label shall include a warning symbol. That symbol shall be defined by the Commission by …** in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 29, and shall be included in the list contained in Annex II. * OJ L … ** Two years after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive."
Justification
Introduces the requirement to affix an appropriate label on articles that contain dangerous chemical substances to make these safer for use by consumers.
Amendment 3 ARTICLE 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.	This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Its provisions shall apply from ...*. ______ * 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Justification
This is necessary to avoid a gap for new substances as the current regime will have to be applied until the obligation to register under REACH has to be applied.

• [1]  Not yet published in OJ.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Commission proposal aims to amend Directive 67/548/EEC relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to the new provisions concerning chemicals that will be adopted under the REACH Regulation, which is the subject of a separate Commission proposal (COM(2003) 644 - C5-0530/2003 - 2003/0256(COD)), submitted in parallel to this one.

In particular, the REACH Regulation will introduce for new chemicals the same registration obligations to which existing chemicals are subject. It is therefore necessary to repeal the corresponding rules laid down in Directive 67/548/EEC as well as the provisions on the obligations relating to information and the test methods to be used, which will be governed by the provisions of the REACH Regulation. Rules on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances are not, on the other hand, currently included in the REACH system and the relevant parts of Directive 67/548/EEC will therefore continue to be applicable.

Your rapporteur has confined himself to making few amendments to the proposal relating to Directive 67/548/EEC. These relate, in particular, to the introduction of a specific symbol on labels for articles containing chemical substances authorised under the REACH Regulation.

OPINION of the Committee on Legal Affairs (15.9.2005)

for the Committee on the Environment

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals
(COM(2003)0644 – C6‑0531/2003 – 2003/0257(COD))

Draftsman: Kurt Lechner

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The purpose of the Commission proposal is to adapt Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH).

The committee welcomes these adaptations, which are necessary to ensure uniform procedures for the registration of substances which are already on the Community market in connection with REACH.

PROCEDURE

Title	Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals
References	COM(2003)0644 – C6‑0531/2003 – 2003/0257(COD)
Committee responsible	ENVI
Committee asked for its opinion   Date announced in plenary	JURI 16.9.2004
Enhanced cooperation	No
Draftsman   Date appointed	Kurt Lechner 7.10.2004
Discussed in committee	30.11.2004	23.5.2005
Date amendments adopted	15.9.2005
Result of final vote	for: against: abstentions:		14 8 0
Members present for the final vote	Maria Berger, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Bert Doorn, Monica Frassoni, Giuseppe Gargani, Kurt Lechner, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Hans-Peter Mayer, Aloyzas Sakalas, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Nicola Zingaretti, Jaroslav Zvěřina, Tadeusz Zwiefka
Substitutes present for the final vote	Nicole Fontaine, Janelly Fourtou, Adeline Hazan, Eva Lichtenberger, Toine Manders, Manuel Medina Ortega, Alexander Radwan
Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote

PROCEDURE

Title	Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals
References	COM(2003)0644 – C5-0531/2003 – 2003/0257(COD)
Legal basis	Articles 251(2) and 95 EC
Basis in Rules of Procedure	Rule 51
Date submitted to Parliament	31.10.2003
Committee responsible   Date announced in plenary	ENVI 16.9.2004
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)   Date announced in plenary	IMCO 16.9.2004	ITRE 16.9.2004			PETI 9.6.2005	FEMM 16.9.2004		JURI 16.9.2004
	EMPL 16.9.2004	ECON 16.9.2004			BUDG 16.9.2004	INTA 16.9.2004
Not delivering opinion(s)   Date of decision	IMCO 28.7.2004	ITRE 20.4.2005			PETI 13.9.2005	FEMM 26.4.2005
	EMPL 28.7.2004	ECON 8.7.2004			BUDG 31.1.2005	INTA 26.9.2004
Enhanced cooperation   Date announced in plenary	IMCO 16.9.2004	ITRE 16.9.2004
Rapporteur(s)   Date appointed	Guido Sacconi 27.7.2004
Previous rapporteur(s)
Simplified procedure   Date of decision
Legal basis disputed   Date of JURI opinion
Financial endowment amended   Date of BUDG opinion
European Economic and Social Committee consulted   Date of decision in plenary
Committee of the Regions consulted   Date of decision in plenary
Discussed in committee	30.11.2004		19.1.2005		3.2.2005		14.3.2005		20.6.2005
	14.9.2005
Date adopted	4.10.2005
Result of final vote	for: against: abstentions:			62 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Georgs Andrejevs, Liam Aylward, Irena Belohorská, Johannes Blokland, John Bowis, Frederika Brepoels, Dorette Corbey, Chris Davies, Avril Doyle, Mojca Drčar Murko, Edite Estrela, Jillian Evans, Anne Ferreira, Alessandro Foglietta, Françoise Grossetête, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Satu Hassi, Gyula Hegyi, Mary Honeyball, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Caroline Jackson, Dan Jørgensen, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Holger Krahmer, Urszula Krupa, Aldis Kušķis, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Peter Liese, Jules Maaten, Linda McAvan, Roberto Musacchio, Riitta Myller, Péter Olajos, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vittorio Prodi, Frédérique Ries, Guido Sacconi, Karin Scheele, Carl Schlyter, Horst Schnellhardt, Richard Seeber, Kathy Sinnott, Jonas Sjöstedt, Bogusław Sonik, María Sornosa Martínez, Antonios Trakatellis, Evangelia Tzampazi, Thomas Ulmer, Marcello Vernola, Anja Weisgerber, Åsa Westlund, Anders Wijkman
Substitutes present for the final vote	María del Pilar Ayuso González, Giovanni Berlinguer, David Casa, Umberto Guidoni, Jutta D. Haug, Caroline Lucas, Miroslav Mikolášik, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Andres Tarand
Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote	Anders Samuelsen
Date tabled – A6	7.10.2005				A6-0285/2005
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