in force 2014-04-25 MODIFIED+89 −5§
Amended by Regulation (EU) No 334/2014 32014R0334
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Point (b) of Article 2(5) now specifies that the exclusion for biocidal products used as processing aids applies within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, a qualification absent from the earlier text.
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Article 2
Scope
1. This Regulation shall apply to biocidal products and treated articles. A list of the types of biocidal products covered by this Regulation and their descriptions is set out in Annex V.
2. Subject to any explicit provision to the … 911 unchanged words … 17..
4. Article 69 shall not apply to the carriage of biocidal products by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air.
5. This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a) food or feed used as repellents or attractants;
(b) biocidal products when used as processing aids. aids within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
6. Biocidal products which obtained final approval under the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments shall be considered as authorised under Chapter VIII of this Regulation. Articles 47 and 68 shall apply accordingly.
7. Nothing in this Regulation shall prevent Member States from restricting or banning the use of biocidal products in the public supply of drinking water.
8. Member States may allow for exemptions from this Regulation in specific cases for certain biocidal products, on their own or in a treated article, where necessary in the interests of defence.
9. The disposal of active substances and biocidal products shall be carried out in accordance with the Union and national waste legislation in force.