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    • 1.5.1: Existing Substances Regulation (ESR)
      • 1.5.1.1: What is the ESR?
      • 1.5.1.2: The ESR and Deca-BDE
      • 1.5.1.3: The ESR and TBBPA
      • 1.5.1.4: The ESR and HBCD
    • 1.5.2: Marketing and use of dangerous substances
    • 1.5.3: Classification and labelling
    • 1.5.4: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
      • 1.5.4.1: What is REACH?
      • 1.5.4.2: REACH and Deca-BDE
      • 1.5.4.3: REACH and TBBPA
      • 1.5.4.4: REACH and HBCD
    • 1.5.5: RoHS Directive
      • 1.5.5.1: What is the RoHS Directive?
      • 1.5.5.2: Status of the RoHS Directive Revision
      • 1.5.5.3: The RoHS Directive and Deca-BDE
    • 1.5.6: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
      • 1.5.6.1: What is the WEEE Directive?
      • 1.5.6.2: The WEEE Directive and brominated flame retardants
    • 1.5.7: Water Framework Directive (WFD)
    • 1.5.8: Ecolabels
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      • 1.5.9.2: Sweden
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2002
  • 20-12-2002: EU allows continued use of the flame retardant Deca-BDE
  • 04-11-2002: EU agreement on electronics Directives means future EU regulatory status of the flame retardant Deca-BDE will be based on EU scientific risk assessment due to be completed in 2003
  • 07-06-2002: Swedish study should recognise science and not by-pass EU risk assessments
  • 27-05-2002: Norwegian agency policy statement to ban PBDEs requires stakeholder consultation and environmental and safety assessment
  • 12-04-2002: European Regulators Agree that the Future of the Flame Retardants deca-BDE and octa-BDE should be based on their Risk Assessments
  • 01-04-2002: Dutch ban on flame retardant - clarification
  • 22-03-2002: MEPs reject broader Flame Retardant ban and support the Council proposal for deca-BDE and octa-BDE Risk Assessments to be taken into account
  • 22-03-2002: MEPs support EU Commission proposal to phase-out the Flame Retardant penta-BDE and exempt deca-BDE due to its importance for fire safety

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