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Cabinet Regulation No. 139 of 2006 on Requirements for the Use and Labelling of Certain Equipment and Products Containing Hazardous Chemical Substances and Regarding the List of Goods Harmful to the Environment

Country
Latvia
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
The Regulation prescribes the requirements for the use and labelling of certain equipment and products containing hazardous chemical substances and regarding the list of goods harmful to the environment. More specifically, the Regulation provides requirements for use and labelling of equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls; and usage and labelling of batteries and accumulators containing hazardous substances. It also prohibits importing into Latvia, as well as distributing certain batteries and accumulators referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/lat178492.pdf
Web site
http://www.likumi.lv
Date of consolidation/reprint
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Implements
Law on Pollution (2001)
Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT).
Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC.
Directive 2008/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the market.