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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.48
23February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0371)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Chemicals Inspectorate
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Methylene chloride CAS
No.75-09-2. Trichloroethylene CAS No.79-01-6 andpreparations containing these
substances.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: TheNational Chemicals
Inspectorate 'sRegulations withRespect toExemptions from theBanintheOrdinance
(1991: 1289) onCertain Chlorinated Solvents.
6. Description ofcontent: According totheOrdinance onCertain Chlorinated Solvents,
methylene chloride andtrichloroethylene maynotbeoffered forsale,transferred orused
professionally after1January 1996. Theproposal implies apossibility tocontinue to
usethetwosolvents insome areas untiltheendof1999. Theuseswithin theareas of
research anddevelopment andchemical analysis atlaboratories arehowever proposed to
beexempted without atime-limit. Theexemptions from thebanareassociated witha
charge of150SEK/kg. ofmethylene chloride ortrichloroethylene.
7. Objective andrationale: Theproposal hasbeen made inorder tomake itpossible to
grant exemptions from thebantousemethylene chloride andtrichloroethylene inthose
areas ofusewhich aresubjected tospecial requirements. Without these exemptions
there willbeatotalbanonthesale,transfer andprofessional useofmethylene chloride
andtrichloroethylene, when theOrdinance onCertain Chlorinated Solvents inthis
respect enters intoforce on1January 1996.
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8. Relevant documents: Notification TBT/Notif.91.88
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 24April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: