Council Decision 2014/871/EU

law://eu/dec/2014/871@2026-11-12

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:

(1)The Union is a Party to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992^note (‘the Convention’).

(2)Annex I to the Convention contains categories and named hazardous substances for the purpose of defining hazardous activities.

(3)In accordance with Article 26(4) of the Convention, any amendment to Annex I to the Convention shall become effective, for those Parties to the Convention which have not notified their objection, 12 months after its communication to the Parties by the Executive Secretary upon its adoption at the Conference of the Parties by a nine-tenths majority of the Parties present and voting at the meeting, provided that at least sixteen Parties have not notified objections.

(4)The text of the proposal for an amendment to Annex I to the Convention was agreed within the Working Group on the Development of the Convention, endorsed by the Bureau of the Convention, and will be proposed for adoption at the Eighth Conference of the Parties taking place in Geneva from 3 to 5 December 2014.

(5)The amendment to Annex I to the Convention would fully align that Annex to Annex I to Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^note.

(6)The amendment to Annex I to the Convention should therefore be approved.

(7)At the time of the conclusion of the Convention, the Union made reservations concerning the application of the Convention in accordance with the Community's internal rules. Those reservations were based on discrepancies between Annex I to the Convention and the Union legislation in force. Those discrepancies will no longer exist after Annex I to the Convention has been amended. Those reservations should, therefore, be lifted once the amendment to Annex I to the Convention has become effective,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The position to be taken on the Union's behalf at the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents shall be to support, in substance, the proposed amendment of Annex I to the Convention including the corrigendum thereto as attached to this Decision.

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The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to withdraw on behalf of the Union the remaining reservations made pursuant to Decision 98/685/EC^note subject to the amendment to Annex I to the Convention referred to in Article 1 of this Decision becoming effective pursuant to Article 26(4) of the Convention.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Part I.
Category in accordance with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals	Threshold quantity(metric tons)
1.Acute toxic, Category 1, all exposure routes^note	20
2.Acute toxic:Category 2, all exposure routesCategory 3, inhalation exposure route	200
3.Specific Target Organ Toxicity (STOT) — Single Exposure (SE) STOT, Category 1^note	200
4.Explosives — unstable explosives or explosives, where the substance, mixture or article falls under Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6 of Chapter 2.1.2 of the GHS criteria or substances or mixtures having explosive properties according to Test series 2 of Part I of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Manual of Tests and Criteria (Manual of Tests and Criteria) and do not belong to the hazard classes Organic peroxides or Self-reactive substances and mixtures^note^note	50
5.Explosives, where the substance, mixture or article falls under Division 1.4 of Chapter 2.1.2 of the GHS^note^note	200
6.Flammable gases, Category 1 or 2^note	50
7.Aerosols^note, Category 1 or 2, containing flammable gases Category 1 or 2 or flammable liquids Category 1	500 (net)
8.Aerosols, Category 1 or 2, not containing flammable gases Category 1 or 2 nor flammable liquids Category 1^note	50000 (net)
9.Oxidizing gases, category 1^note	200
10.Flammable liquids:Flammable liquids, Category 1, orFlammable liquids, Category 2 or 3, maintained at a temperature above their boiling point, orOther liquids with a flash point ≤ 60 °C, maintained at a temperature above their boiling point	50
11.Flammable liquids:Flammable liquids, Category 2 or 3, where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure or high temperature, may create industrial accident hazards, orOther liquids with a flash point ≤ 60 °C where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure or high temperature, may create industrial accident hazards	200
12.Flammable liquids, Categories 2 or 3, not covered by 10 and 11^note	50000
13.Self-reactive substances and mixtures and organic peroxides:Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Type A or B orOrganic peroxides, Type A or B	50
14.Self-reactive substances and mixtures and organic peroxides:Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Type C, D, E or F orOrganic peroxides, Type C, D, E, or F	200
15.Pyrophoric liquids and solids, Category 1	200
16.Oxidizing liquids and solids, Category 1, 2 or 3	200
17.Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Category Acute 1 or Chronic 1^note	200
18.Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Category Chronic 2^note	500
19.Substances and mixtures which react violently with water, such as acetyl chloride, titanium tetrachloride	500
20.Substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, Category 1^note	500
21.Substances and mixtures which in contact with water liberate toxic gas (substances and mixtures which in contact with water or damp air, evolve gases classified for acute toxicity in category 1, 2 or 3, such as aluminium phosphide, phosphorus pentasulphide)	200

Corrigendum

1.Annex, Part I, item 8For Aerosols read Aerosols (¹⁰)

2.Annex, Part I, item 11, last lineFor industrial accident hazards read industrial accident hazards (¹⁴)

3.Annex, Part II, item 43For Methylpyridine (³¹) read 3-Methylpyridine (³¹)

4.Annex, Notes 13, 15 and 16For chapter 2.4.2 read chapter 2.6.2

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