NEWSBYTE: European Commission Publishes New Regulation Amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011


A new Regulation (EU) No 1282/2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food was published on 10 December, 2011 in the Official Journal of the European Union.

 

Below are the major amendments in Annex I of the Regulation (EU) No 10/2011:

>  Includes 15 new substances in Table 1
>  Amends eight existing authorized substances in Table 1
      o Specific migration limit for melamine is lowered from 30 mg/kg to 2.5 mg/kg

 

The new Regulation will enter into force on 30 December 2011. Plastic materials and articles which have been lawfully placed on the market before 1 January 2012 and which do not comply with this Regulation may continue to be placed on the market until 1 January 2013.

 

Additional Information

The regulation can be viewed at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:328:0022:0029:EN:PDF

 

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