Machine Translated by Google LAW no. 451 of July 18, 2001 for the approval of the Government's Emergency Ordinance no. 200/2000 on the classification, labeling and packaging of dangerous chemical substances and preparations ISSUER • PARLIAMENT Published in the OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 416 of July 26, 2001 The Romanian Parliament adopts this law. Article 1 Government Emergency Ordinance no. is approved. 200 of November 9, 2000 regarding the classification, labeling and packaging of dangerous chemical substances and preparations, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 593 of November 22, 2000, with the following changes and additions: 1. Article 1 will have the following content: "Art. 1. - (1) This emergency ordinance establishes the legal framework for the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and chemical preparations dangerous for humans and the environment, with a view to commercialization. (2) This emergency ordinance applies to commercialized chemical substances and preparations, classified as dangerous according to its provisions." 2. Article 2, letter a) will have the following content: "a) the principle of ensuring an adequate level of protection for humans and the environment;" 3. Article 3 is repealed. 4. Article 4, letter h) will have the following content: "h) ammunition and explosives sold for the purpose of obtaining a practical effect through explosion or a pyrotechnic effect;" 5. The title of Chapter II is repealed. 6. Article 6, letter d) will have the following content: "d) commercialization - making available to third parties, including import into the territory of Romania, which is considered commercialization within the meaning of this emergency ordinance;" 7. In Article 7, letters n) and o) will have the following content: "n) substances and preparations toxic for reproduction - substances and preparations that through inhalation, ingestion or skin penetration can produce or increase the frequency of non-hereditary harmful effects on the product of conception or that can harm male or female reproductive functions or capacities; o) substances and preparations dangerous for the environment - substances and preparations which, used in the environment, could present or present an immediate or delayed risk for one or more components of the environment." 8. Article 8 will have the following content: "Art. 8. - Substances are classified based on their properties, in accordance with the categories stipulated in art. 7." 9. Article 10 will have the following content: "Art. 10. - The procedure regarding the classification of dangerous chemical substances and preparations is established in accordance with the methodological norms for the application of this emergency ordinance, unless contrary provisions are specified in other legal regulations regarding certain dangerous preparations." 10. In article 14, the introductory part and letter a) will have the following content: "Art. 14. - The commercialization of dangerous substances is allowed only if the following requirements for packaging are met: a) to be designed and made in such a way as to prevent any loss of content through handling, transport and storage;" 11. In Article 15, the introductory part will have the following content: "Art. 15. - The commercialization of dangerous preparations is allowed only if the following requirements for packaging are met:" 12. In Article 15, the indents from letter b) become points 1 and 2, and the indents from letter c) become points 1 and 2. 13. In Article 16, the introductory part and letter b) will have the following content: "Art. 16. - Hazardous substances can only be sold if the packaging label includes the following legible indications, which cannot be erased: ...................................................................... b) the full name and address, including the telephone number, of the person responsible for the commercialization of the substance or dangerous chemical preparation, respectively the manufacturer, importer and/or distributor;" Machine Translated by Google 14. In article 17, the introductory part and letter g) will have the following content: "Art. 17. - Dangerous preparations can only be sold if the packaging label includes the following legible indications, which cannot be erased: ..................................................................... g) the nominal quantity (nominal mass or nominal volume) of the content, in the case of dangerous chemical preparations sold to natural persons." 15. Article 18 will have the following content: "Art. 18. - The methodological norms for the application of this emergency ordinance are issued according to the provisions of art. 16 and 17." 16. Article 21 will have the following content: "Art. 21. - To allow professional and industrial users to take all the necessary measures to ensure health and environmental protection and to ensure safety at the workplace, upon the first delivery of dangerous substances and preparations or even before this delivery any the manufacturer, importer or distributor will send the recipient a safety data sheet. This sheet must contain all the real information available, necessary to ensure the protection of man and the environment." 17. In Article 23 paragraph (1), the introductory part and letter e) will have the following content: "Art. 23. - (1) The National Agency for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations is established, a legal entity of public interest under the Ministry of Industry and Resources, which has the following main powers and responsibilities: ..................................................................... e) provide specific and detailed information to all government agencies and bodies that have powers in the field of dangerous substances and preparations (customs authorities, labor protection inspectorates, public health departments, environmental protection agencies);" 18. In article 23, paragraph (2) will have the following content: "(2) The organization and functioning of the National Agency for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations are established by a Government decision. The funding sources of the National Agency for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations will normally be extra-budgetary." 19. In article 24, letter d) will have the following content: "d) provide the National Agency for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations with all information about the properties of substances and preparations that may endanger health or the environment." 20. Article 25, letter a) will have the following content: "a) declaration of unreal, incomplete or wrong data about dangerous chemical substances and preparations that can cause serious harm to health or the environment;" 21. Article 29, paragraph (2) is repealed. 22. Article 34 will have the following content: "Art. 34. - To the extent that this emergency ordinance does not provide otherwise, the provisions of Law no. 32/1968 regarding the establishment and ascertainment of contraventions are applicable to the contraventions provided for in art. 25." 23. The title of Chapter IX will have the following content: "CHAPTER IX Transitional and final provisions" 24. Article 35 will have the following content: "Art. 35. - The Ministry of Industry and Resources elaborates the normative acts relating to the organization and functioning of the National Agency for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations and the methodological norms for the application of this emergency ordinance, which it submits to the Government for adoption." 25. In Article 36, the introductory part will have the following content: "Art. 36. - The Ministry of Industry and Resources will initiate, together with the Ministry of Health and Family, the Ministry of Water and Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests and the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity, normative acts regarding:" 26. Article 37 will have the following content: "Art. 37. - This emergency ordinance enters into force 6 months after its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I." 27. Article 38 will have the following content: "Art. 38. - On the date of entry into force of this emergency ordinance, point 18 of annex no. 2 <> to the State Council Decree no. 466/1979 regarding the regime of toxic products and substances, published in the Official Bulletin, Part I, no. 2 of January 3, 1980." Machine Translated by Google Article 2 Government emergency ordinance no. 200/2000, with the amendments and additions brought by this law, will be republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, giving the texts a new numbering. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in the meeting of June 21, 2001, in compliance with the provisions of art. 74 para. (2) from the Constitution of Romania. THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER MEPs VALER DORNEANU This law was adopted by the Senate in the meeting of June 25, 2001, in compliance with the provisions of art. 74 para. (2) from the Constitution of Romania. p. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, GEORGE BUZATU ---------