Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004
 Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 |
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| Title: | Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117 / EEC |
| Designation: (not official) |
POP regulation |
| Legal matter: | Chemicals law |
| Procedure overview: |
European Commission European Parliament IPEX Wiki |
| To be used from: | May 20, 2004 |
| Replaced by: | Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 |
| Expiry: | 14th July 2019 |
| Reference: | OJ L 158 of April 30, 2004, pp. 7-49 |
| Full text |
Consolidated version (not official) basic version |
| Regulation has expired. | |
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The Regulation (EC) no. 850/2004 is an EU regulation that under the short title EU Regulation on POPs is known. On April 29, 2004, this ordinance laid down detailed requirements for the manufacture, placing on the market , use and release of persistent organic pollutants for the member states of the EU. The aim of the regulation is to protect human health and the environment from POPs in accordance with the precautionary principle .
It is also a matter of restricting the release of such substances and laying down provisions for the disposal of waste that consists of, contains or is contaminated by such substances.
The regulation is a consequence of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants , to which the EU has acceded.
In Germany, the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( Competent Authority ) and the Federal Environment Agency are responsible for enforcement.
Annex I of the POP Regulation was implemented in accordance with the Annex to Regulation (EU) No. 519/2012 of the Commission of June 19, 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants Changed the intake of Endosulfan .
Another change in 2016 affected the - u. a. In insulation materials made of polystyrene - the substance hexabromocyclododecane used as a flame retardant (abbreviated as HBCD or HBCDD) by the Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/460 of March 30, 2016 OJ. EU of March 31, 2016, No. L 80/17, which took over obligations for the EU from the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention .
The new version came into force in 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 (PDF)
- ↑ POP regulation - Persistent organic pollutants. In: baua.de. Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Endosulfan becomes "dirty number 22". Press release. In: Umweltbundesamt.de. Federal Environment Agency, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
- ↑ How are HBCD-containing insulation materials disposed of and can they be recycled? In: Umweltbundesamt.de. Federal Environment Agency, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (new version). In: eur-lex.europa.eu. Publications Office of the EU, accessed on 20 July 2020 .
- ↑ Council adopts stricter regulations for the world's most dangerous chemical substances. Press release. In: consilium.europa.eu. Council of the European Union, June 13, 2019, accessed on July 20, 2020 .