Tar oil regulation

The German Regulation on the restriction of manufacturing, the marketing and use of creosote for wood protection ( Teerölverordnung - TeerölV) from 27. May 1991 prohibiting the manufacture, marketing and use of creosote and treated wood (products) under threat of persecution as Criminal offense under the Chemicals Act and regulated exceptions to this ban.

Depending on the maximum benzo (a) pyrene concentration in the wood preservative or in the product, exceptions for certain processes and purposes were regulated. Use by private end users and / or in rooms should be excluded and otherwise limited to processes and indispensable applications in industry and commerce. Existing objects impregnated with tar oil (e.g. railway sleepers ) were subject to grandfathering as long as it was not expected that they would pose a risk, or there was a deadline for reuse. According to Section 4 (4) for former railway sleepers, line masts or piles, 15 years have passed since the last impregnation, fresh interfaces were covered and certain dangerous or private uses were excluded.

The tar oil regulation expired on November 1st, 1993.
At the same time, their regulations for placing tar oils on the market have been replaced and in some cases tightened by those of the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance . The Ordinance on Hazardous Substances now contained regulations on handling. After that, tar oils were not allowed to be placed on the market, with the exception of a few industrial and commercial applications ( wood preservatives, e.g. for railway sleepers, electricity pylons). Wood preservatives containing tar oil must not be used indoors. Used products containing tar oil, such as old railway sleepers, must not be used in playgrounds, gardens and parks or as containers for living plants.
Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 in Annex XVII under entry 31 for the substances listed in column 1, i.e. for these tar oils, their mixtures, regulates largely similarly with immediate effect for the European Union from June 1, 2009 and products.

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• BGBl. 1991 I p. 1195

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Art. 3 sentence 2 No. 4 of the ordinance on the reorganization and amendment of the prohibitions and restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of dangerous substances, preparations and products according to Section 17 Chemicals Act of October 14, 1993, Federal Law Gazette I (No. 54) , Pp. 1720, 1733
2. ↑ § 1 ChemVerbotsV with section 17 of the appendix to § 1, see ChemVerbotsV of October 14, 1993