Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3141

The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

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" Marketing PCP
     3.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall place on the market, other than for research and development or analysis purposes, any substance containing PCP in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1 per cent by weight.

    (2) Until 31st December 2008, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the placing on the market of any substance containing PCP, which has a total H₆CDD content below 2 parts per million and which - 


(a) is intended solely for use in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles not intended for clothing or for decorative furnishings;

(b) is placed on the market in packages of 20 litres or more marked clearly and indelibly with the words "Reserved for industrial and professional use";

(c) is not for sale to the general public; and

(d) is not waste to which Council Directive 75/442/EEC[4] or Council Directive 91/689/EEC[5] applies."

     3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by - 

(a) omitting "PCP, or" from paragraph (1); and

(b) substituting the following for paragraph (2):

    " (2) Until 31st December 2008, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the use of any substance containing PCP which has a total H₆CDD content below 2 parts per million, in industrial installations for the impregnation of fibres or heavy duty textiles not intended for clothing or for decorative furnishings."

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State


Michael Meacher
Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

13th September 2001

[2] 1972 c. 68. For the continued exercise of the powers under section 2(2) in relation to Scotland by the Secretary of State, see section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1988 (c. 46).back

[3] 1993/1.back

[4] OJ No. L194, 25.7.1975, p. 39 as amended by OJ No. L78, 26.3.1991, p. 32.back

[5] OJ No. L377, 31.12.1991 p. 20.back