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Article: ENVIRONMENT: DUTCH BREATHING SPACE FOR MEASURES ON USE OF PARAFFINS.
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- European Report
- Article date:
- July 26, 2003
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The European Commission decided on July 17 to postpone until December 20, 2003 the six-month deadline within which it must approve national measures governing the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffin (SCCP) which the Dutch authorities deemed necessary following the adoption in June 2002 of Directive 2002/45/EC on the sale and use of certain dangerous substances (amendment to Directive 76/69/EEC), and which were notified by the Netherlands in January 2003.
The Dutch introduced this notification in accordance with Article 95 paragraphs 4 and 6 of the Treaty, which states: "If, after the adoption by the Council or the Commission of a harmonisation measure, a ...