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Substance or group of substances
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Regulations
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Potential applications
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| Antimony/Antimony Compounds |
88/378/EEC Toys Safety Directive |
Combination with flame retardants |
| Arsenic/Arsenic Compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (89/677/EEC) 88/378/EEC Toys Safety Directive |
Pigments in plastics |
| Asbestos |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (83/478//EEC; 85/610/EEC) |
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| Azo Colourants and Azo dyes |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (2002/61/EC; 2003/03/EC; 2004/21/EC) (Azo Dye Directive 2002/61/EC) |
Textiles and leather |
| Benzene |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (79/663/EEC; 89/677/EEC) |
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| Beryllium/Beryllium Compoounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (97/56/EEC) 88/378/EEC Toys Safety Directive |
Stainless steel and electronic circuits |
| Biocides |
98/8/EC (Biocidal Product Directive) |
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| Brominated Flame retardants |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: 2003/11/EEC FOR penta BDE and octa BDE) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) |
Foams |
Cadmium
Cadmium Compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (91/338/EEC; 91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC) 91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC (EU Battery Directive) 94/62/EEC (EU Packaging Directive) 2000/53/EC (EU ELV Directive) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) 88/378/EEC (Toys Safety Directive) |
Packaging; Electrical products; Batteries; Toys |
| Hexavalent Chromium Hexavalent Chromium Compounds |
94/62/EEC (EU Packaging Directive) 2000/53/EC (EU ELV Directive) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) |
Packaging; Electrical products; Toys |
| Lead Lead Compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (86/677/EEC; 91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC) (91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC ( EU Battery Directive) 94/62/EEC (EU Packaging Directive) 2000/53/EC (EU ELV Directive) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) 88/378/EEC (Toys Safety Directive) |
Packaging; Electrical products; Batteries; Toys |
| Mercury Mercury Compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (86/677/EEC; 98/101/EEC; 91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC) 91/157/EEC; 93/86/EEC (EU Battery Directive) 94/62/EEC (EU Packaging Directive) 2000/53/EC (EU ELV Directive) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) 88/378/EEC (Toys Safety Directive) |
Packaging; Electrical products; Batteries; Toys |
| Nickel |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (94/27/EC; 2004/96/EC) (94/27/EC; 2004/96/EC (Nickel Directive) |
Jewellery |
| Ozone Depleting substances |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (94/60/EEC; 97/64/EEC) |
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| Pentacholorophenol (PCP’s) Pentachlorophenol compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (91/173/EEC) |
PVC stabilizer |
| Phthalates |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (2005/84/EC) (Phthalate Directive 2005/84/EC) |
Toys and childcare articles |
| Polybrominated Biphenols (PBBs) |
2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) |
Electrical |
| Polybrominated Diphenylethers (PBDEs) |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (2003/11/EEC FOR penta BDE and octa BDE) 2002/95/EC (EU RoHS Directive) |
Flame retardants |
| Radioactive Substances |
96/29/EURATOM |
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| Short chained chloronated paraffins (SCCPs) |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (2002/45/EC) |
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| Toluene |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (2005/59/EC) |
Adhesives and paints |
| Tributyl Tin (TBT) and related compounds |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (2002/62/EC) |
Wood preservative |
| Trichlorobenzene |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (2005/59/EC) |
Adhesives and paints |
| Tris phosphate |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments: (79/663/EEC) |
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| Xylene |
76/769/EEC Marketing and Use of Dangerous substances and amendments (2005/59/EC) |
Adhesives and paints |