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21 December 2000 [shall
come into force from 19 January 2001];
11 October 2001 [shall come into force from 9 November
2001];
16 October 2003 [shall come into force from 20 November
2003];
30 June 2005 [shall come into force from 26 July
2005];
1 November 2007 [shall come into force from 4 December
2007];
29 October 2009 [shall come into force from 1 December
2009];
1 December 2009 [shall come into force from 1 January
2010];
21 October 2010 [shall come into force from 24 November
2010];
16 December 2010 [shall come into force from 1 January
2011];
24 May 2012 [shall come into force from 27 June
2012];
18 September 2014 [shall come into force from 8 October
2014];
26 October 2017 [shall come into force from 22 November
2017].
If a whole or part of a section has been amended, the
date of the amending law appears in square brackets at
the end of the section. If a whole section, paragraph or
clause has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears
in square brackets beside the deleted section, paragraph
or clause.
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The Saeima1 has adopted
and the President has proclaimed the following Law:
Chemical
Substances Law
[29 October
2009]
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. Terms Used in This
Law
The following terms are used in this Law:
1) activities with chemical substances or mixtures -
the production, import, treatment, packaging, storage,
relocation, use, collection, destruction, processing, placing on
the market or distribution of chemical substances or mixtures
[within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on
classification, labelling and packaging of substances and
mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and
1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with
EEA relevance)], as well as such activities in which chemical
substances or mixtures are used in the chemical process as raw
materials or additives or are created as intermediates, or any
other similar activities;
2) performer of activities - any natural or legal
person performing activities with chemical substances or
mixtures;
3) [1 November 2007];
4) [1 November 2007];
5) [21 December 2000];
6) [18 September 2014];
7) [29 October 2009];
8) toxic and very toxic chemical substances and
mixtures - the substances and mixtures, that are classified
in the following hazard categories - Acute toxicity, Category 1,
2 and 3, as well as specific target organ toxicity - Single or
Repeated exposure, Category 1.
[21 December 2000; 16 October 2003;
1 November 2007; 29 October 2009; 18 September 2014 / Clause 8
shall come into force on 1 June 2015. See Paragraph 11 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 2. Purpose of the Law
The purpose of this Law is to avoid, prevent or reduce the
possibility of harm, which may be caused to the environment,
human health and property by chemical substances and mixtures due
to the properties inherent thereto.
[29 October 2009]
Section 3. Application of this
Law
(1) This Law regulates activities with chemical substances and
mixtures, as well as biocidal products.
(11) This Law determines the competent authority
and establishment of helpdesks within the meaning of Regulation
(EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation,
Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing
a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive
76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC,
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (hereinafter - Regulation 1907/2006),
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and
packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing
Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation
(EC) No 1907/2006 (hereinafter - Regulation 1272/2008), and
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the
market and use of biocidal products (hereinafter - Regulation
528/2012), as well as the competent authority within the meaning
of Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of
hazardous chemicals (hereinafter - Regulation 649/2012).
(2) In addition to this Law, activities with chemical
substances and mixtures shall be regulated by:
1) the laws and regulations regulating waste management - in
relation to the chemical substances or mixtures, which are in the
composition of waste;
2) the laws and regulations regulating the procedures for the
carriage of dangerous goods - in relation to the freight of
mixtures (including transport transit) by road, railway, air,
sea, post or movement through pipelines if no treatment or
processing of such substances or mixtures is performed;
3) the law On Procedures for the Legal Trade in Narcotic and
Psychotropic Substances and Drugs and other laws and regulations
related thereto - in relation to narcotic and psychotropic
substances;
4) the law On Precursors and other laws and regulations
related thereto - in relation to precursors;
5) the Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and on their Destruction - in relation to chemical
substances;
6) the laws and regulations regulating activities with
fertiliser materials - in relation to mineral fertilisers and
liming materials.
(3) This Law does not apply to:
1) the following preparations and goods at the final stage of
the production thereof:
a) medicinal products (including those for veterinary
use);
b) cosmetic products;
c) alcoholic beverages;
d) tobacco products;
e) food and food additives;
f) pesticides;
g) radioactive substances;
h) prepared explosives, chemical substances or mixtures that
may be used for producing a pyrotechnic effect and become
available to other persons, if activities with such prepared
explosives, chemical substances or mixtures cannot cause the risk
of an industrial accident;
i) genetically modified organisms;
j) animal feed and animal feed additives;
2) to natural persons if they do not perform activities with
chemical substances and mixtures for commercial activity
purposes, except in the cases referred to in Section 9,
Paragraphs one to three, Section 17, Paragraph one, Sections 19
and 20 of this Law.
[21 December 2000, 11 October 2001,
16 October 2003; 30 June 2005; 1 November 2007; 29 October 2009;
18 September 2014]
Chapter
II
Supervision, Control and General Requirements for the Circulation
of Information
[21 December
2000]
Section 4. Competence of State
Authorities
(1) The Ministry of Health and the supervisory and control
authorities which are subordinate thereto shall control the
traded (placed on the market and distributed) chemical
substances, mixtures, and biocides, and shall supervise their
conformity with laws and regulations in the field of protection
of human life and health. The Health Inspectorate shall make an
assessment of the effects of chemical substances on health.
(2) The Ministry of Welfare and the supervisory and control
authorities which are subordinate thereto shall control
activities with chemical substances, mixtures, chemical
substances in articles and biocides in the working environment
and shall supervise the conformity of such activities with laws
and regulations in the field of protection of life and health of
the employees.
(3) The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional
Development and the supervisory and control authorities which are
subordinate thereto shall control activities with chemical
substances, mixtures, chemical substances in articles, treated
articles, and biocides in manufacturing and professional use,
except in the cases referred to in Paragraph one of this Section,
and shall supervise the conformity of such activities with laws
and regulations in the field of environmental protection. The
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
shall delegate the valsts sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību
"Latvijas Vides, ģeoloģijas un meteoroloģijas centrs" [the
State limited liability company Latvian Environmental, Geological
and Meteorological Agency] (hereinafter - the Agency) the public
administration task to issue administrative provisions related to
the registration, temporary registration of chemical substances
or mixtures, including biocides, or to the issue of permits for
the use thereof. Decisions issued by the Agency may be contested
to the State Environmental Monitoring Bureau, and a decision of
the State Environmental Monitoring Bureau may be appealed to a
court in accordance with the procedures laid down in the
Administrative Procedure Law. The Agency shall evaluate the
submission of a manufacturer or importer for the registration,
temporary registration of a biocidal product, or for the receipt
of a permit for use or an inventory number, for a fee in
accordance with the pricelist approved by the Cabinet.
(31) The Agency:
1) is a competent authority which operates in accordance with
Article 121 of Regulation 1907/2006 and ensures the
implementation of the requirements laid down in Article 123 and
Article 124(1) of the abovementioned Regulation, operates in
accordance with Article 43 of Regulation 1272/2008 and ensures
the implementation of the requirements of Articles 44 and 45 of
the abovementioned Regulation, as well as operates in accordance
with Article 81(1) of Regulation 528/2012 and Article 4 of
Regulation 649/2012;
2) establishes a helpdesk in accordance with Article 124(2) of
Regulation 1907/2006, Article 44 of Regulation 1272/2008 and
Article 88(2) of Regulation 528/2012 and ensures the operation
thereof;
3) evaluates the risk of chemical substances, taking into
account the assessment provided by the Health Inspectorate of the
effect of chemical substances on health;
4) [18 September 2014].
(4) The Ministry of Defence shall supervise activities with
chemical substances and mixtures in the National Armed
Forces.
(5) Activities for the elimination of consequences of
accidents and emergency situations related to the use of chemical
substances or mixtures and the emergency rescue operations shall
be performed, as well as the conformity with the relevant safety
provisions shall be controlled by the Ministry of the Interior
and the institutions which are subordinate thereto, in accordance
with laws and regulations.
(6) Imported hazardous chemical substances and hazardous
mixtures which are subject to special restrictions or
prohibitions, and also construction preparations containing such
hazardous chemical substances shall be controlled on the State
(customs) border by the State Revenue Service.
(61) The Consumer Rights Protection Centre shall
control chemical substances in articles in accordance with
Regulation 1907/2006 and treated articles, except for the treated
articles in the field of food handling and veterinary field, and
treated articles that are substances or mixtures in accordance
with Regulation 528/2012.
(62) [29 October 2009]
(63) The State Revenue Service and valsts
sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Latvijas proves birojs"
[the State limited liability company Assay Office of Latvia]
(hereinafter - the Assay Office of Latvia) shall implement the
control of precious metals, precious gems and the articles
thereof. The Assay Office of Latvia shall:
1) perform inspections in places where economic activities
with precious metals, precious gems and the articles thereof take
place, and shall draw up an administrative violation report for
the violations of laws and regulations found;
2) send materials on the inspection performed and the
administrative violation report to the State Revenue Service for
the issuance of an administrative act.
(64) The Food and Veterinary Service shall control
biocides and treated articles in the field of food handling and
veterinary field in accordance with Regulation 528/2012 at the
objects of supervision specified in laws and regulations.
(7) Other institutions shall supervise and control activities
with chemical substances or mixtures, or treated articles, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in laws and
regulations.
[16 October 2003; 30 June 2005; 1
November 2007; 29 October 2009; 1 December 2009; 21 October 2010;
16 December 2010; 18 September 2014; 26 October 2017]
Section 5. Rights of Supervisory and
Control Institutions
(1) The supervisory and control institutions have the right to
request and receive free of charge from the performer of
activities information which is necessary for conducting
supervision in accordance with this Law and other laws and
regulations.
(2) Supervisory and control institutions are entitled, in each
particular case, within the scope of their competence, to provide
recommendations or binding instructions, or an order to
discontinue activities with chemical substances or mixtures to
the performer of activities in order to ensure the conformity of
the aforementioned activities with this Law and laws and
regulations related thereto.
(3) If there are reasonable suspicions that the activities
with chemical substances and mixtures fail to conform to the
requirements of laws and regulations, the supervisory and control
institutions have the right to take samples of the chemical
substances or mixtures in quantities which are necessary to
ensure an opinion of an accredited and authorised conformity
assessment authority on the relevant chemical substances and
mixtures or activities therewith. If the suspicions are proved to
be correct, the performer of activities shall cover expenses for
the assessment.
(4) Supervisory and control institutions have the right to
request and receive free of charge the information necessary for
the implementation of supervision from other State authorities
and to use samples obtained by other State authorities for the
performance of analysis.
(5) When conducting supervision in accordance with this Law
and other laws and regulations, representatives of supervisory
and control institutions have the right to arrive and stay in the
territory, structures and other objects, irrespective of the
ownership thereof (in conformity with the principle of
inviolability of the residential unit) in order to control that
the activities with chemical substances and mixtures conform to
the requirements of this Law and laws and regulations related
thereto. When remaining in the object, the safety engineering
regulations and specific nature of the relevant technological
processes must be conformed to. A performer of activities shall
provide the representatives of the supervisory and control
institutions with the necessary personal means of protection.
[29 October 2009]
Section 6. Determination of the
Physical and Chemical Parameters of Chemical Substances and
Mixtures and Assessment of their Effects
(1) Measurements necessary for the purpose of supervisory and
control institutions for the determination of the physical,
chemical, toxicological or ecotoxicological properties of
chemical substances and mixtures shall only be taken by
laboratories which have been accredited and authorised in
accordance with the procedures laid down in laws and
regulations.
(2) Requirements for the work quality of laboratories in
determining the physical, chemical, toxicological or
ecotoxicological properties of chemical substances and mixtures
or in research of the effects of such substances and mixtures on
the environment or human health, as well as the provisions
regarding the inspection of the laboratories shall be regulated
by the Cabinet.
(3) [1 November 2007]
[21 December 2000; 16 October 2003;
30 June 2005; 1 November 2007; 29 October 2009]
Section 7. Chemical Substance and
Mixture Database and Informative System
(1) The Chemical Substance and Mixture Database shall include
the information necessary for the elimination of accidents,
implementation of supervision and control regarding the chemical
substances and mixtures used in Latvia, as well as a list of
hazardous chemical substances, the European Inventory of Existing
Commercial Substances (EINECS) and the European List of Notified
Chemical Substances (ELINCS).
(2) The Cabinet shall determine the information, which shall
be provided, maintained, compiled and evaluated in the Database
of Chemical Substances and Mixtures, as well as the procedures
for the registration of chemical substances and mixtures.
(3) The information regarding merchants submitted to the
Chemical Substance and Mixture Database shall be restricted
access information, except for the information which is generally
accessible information in accordance with Section 8, Paragraph
three of this Law.
[21 December 2000; 30 June 2005; 29
October 2009; 24 May 2012]
Section 8. Freedom of
Information
(1) When conducting supervision in accordance with this Law or
other laws and regulations, it is prohibited for anyone who has
obtained information associated with the financial status,
commercial activity or professional secrets of the performer of
activities to disclose such information to third persons without
the consent of the relevant person.
(2) The requirement referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section does not apply to provision of information necessary for
conducting supervision and control for the institutions referred
to in Section 5 of this Law, as well as to the transfer of the
necessary information to law enforcement institutions.
(3) The following shall not be restricted access
information:
1) physical, chemical, toxicological or ecotoxicological
properties of a chemical substance or mixture;
2) classification and labelling of a chemical substance or
mixture;
3) techniques for the determination of hazardous properties of
chemical substances and mixtures and techniques by means of which
it is possible to determine the amount of the chemical substance
in the environment or the emission thereof, as well as the means
by which chemical substances and mixtures affect the environment
or human health within a particular period of time
(exposition);
4) opinions on the potential harmful effects of a hazardous
chemical substance or mixture containing hazardous chemical
substances on the environment or human health;
5) ways and techniques for the neutralisation of a hazardous
chemical substance;
6) fire safety, anti-explosive protection, occupational safety
and other safety measures, which must be conformed to when
performing activities with hazardous chemical substances or
mixtures containing hazardous chemical substances;
7) emergency measures which must be taken if poisoning with a
hazardous chemical substance or hazardous mixture has occurred, a
fire has started, or other undesirable event or accident has
occurred in relation to hazardous chemical substances or
hazardous mixtures;
8) any other information indicated in the safety data sheet of
a chemical substance or mixture;
9) name of the producer of a chemical substance or
mixture;
10) any other information obtained regarding a new chemical
substance which may characterise its hazardous nature;
11) information regarding emissions into the environment.
(4) If the name of a chemical substance is restricted access
information, the performer of activities shall notify of all
hazardous properties of such substance in order to perform
activities with chemical substances and mixtures without
presenting threat to the environment and persons, especially in
order in the work place to take the necessary fire safety,
anti-explosive protection, occupational safety, health and
environmental protection measures, and shall stipulate:
1) for inorganic substances or organic substances - the name
which shall be derived from the name of the chemical element
which determines the properties of the chemical substance;
2) for organic substances the properties of which are
determined by a common functional group - the name that shall be
derived from the name of the functional group.
[21 December 2002; 16 October 2003;
30 June 2005; 29 October 2009]
Chapter
III
Obligations of Performers of Activities
Section 9. General Obligations of a
Performer of Activities
(1) A performer of activities, taking into account the
hazardous nature, quantity and circumstances of the use and
storage of chemical substances or mixtures, must conform to the
requirements of laws and regulations, as well as take care and
precautions, and must implement the necessary measures in order
to prevent harm to the environment, human life, health and
property.
(2) A performer of activities must avoid activities with
chemical substances or mixtures which are classified as hazardous
if less hazardous substitutes thereof are available.
(3) A performer of activities must have at its disposal the
necessary information regarding the physical and chemical
properties, hazardous nature and effects of the relevant chemical
substances or mixtures on the environment and human health. This
information must be sufficient in order to evaluate the possible
threat caused by the relevant substances or mixtures which is
presented to the environment, human life, health and property, to
perform labelling of the chemical substances or mixtures and to
act adequately in the event of an accident.
(4) A performer of activities, if it carries out commercial
activities, must evaluate the possibility of accidents and make
provisions for the measures, which would prevent accidents or
reduce the consequences thereof.
(5) A performer of activities, if it carries out commercial
activities, in accordance with the amount of the relevant
activities and the properties of the chemical substances or
mixtures used, shall require a specified educational level for
which the requirements to be met shall be regulated by Cabinet
regulations. If a performer of activities is a legal person, the
relevant education shall be necessary for those natural persons
who are designated to perform activities with chemical substances
or mixtures and are responsible for such activities.
(6) When planning, designing and reconstructing facilities for
the use or storage of chemical substances or mixtures and the
structures related thereto, as well as when performing activities
with the relevant chemical substances or mixtures:
1) the possibility of such accidents which may affect the
environment, human health or property must be evaluated, and
measures must be provided for the prevention of accidents or
reduction of their consequences;
2) the location, topographic, geological, meteorological and
hydrological conditions of the production unit, location of other
nearest production units, main motor road, railway, pipelines, as
well as special protected nature objects and territories.
(7) The requirements to be conformed to when performing
activities with biocides shall be determined by the Cabinet.
(8) In order to perform commercial activities related to the
provision of disinfection, disinsectization and deratization
services, the provider of such services shall notify the Health
Inspectorate of the commencement of activities in accordance with
the procedures laid down in the Cabinet.
[21 December 2002; 16 October 2003;
30 June 2005; 29 October 2009]
Section 10. Classification of
Chemical Substances and Mixtures
(1) Any natural person or legal person placing chemical
substances or mixtures on the market shall be responsible for
ensuring that the chemical substances or mixtures being placed on
the market are classified in accordance with their physical,
chemical, toxicological and other properties.
(2) Chemical substances and mixtures shall be classified in
accordance with Regulation 1272/2008. Chemical substances and
mixtures shall be considered to be hazardous if, in accordance
with Regulation 1272/2008 they should be classified into any of
the hazard classes listed in the Regulation.
(21) [1 June 2015 / See Paragraph 7 of Transitional
Provisions]
(3) [1 June 2015]
(4) [21 October 2010]
[21 December 2000, 16 October 2003,
30 June 2005; 29 October 2009; 21 October 2010; 24 May 2012; 26
October 2017]
Section 11. Risk Analysis
(1) [21 December 2000]
(2) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures for the
assessment of industrial accident risk related to hazardous
chemical substances and hazardous mixtures and risk reduction
measures and shall stipulate the substances and mixtures
(depending on their amount and hazard level) to which such
procedures and measures apply.
(3) The industrial accident prevention programme and safety
review shall be evaluated by the Environment State Bureau, the
civil defence plan of the object - by the State Fire-fighting and
rescue Service and within a period of 90 days from the day of the
receipt of the programme, review or plan and all necessary
information, a decision shall be taken on the conformity of the
programme, review or plan to the requirements of the laws and
regulations in the field of civil defence, labour protection,
environmental and health protection.
[21 December 2000; 30 June 2005; 29
October 2009]
Section 12. Packaging and Labelling
of Chemical Substances and Mixtures
(1) A producer or importer of chemical substances or mixtures
must ensure durability and safety of the packaging of hazardous
chemical substances or hazardous mixtures.
(2) A producer, importer or distributor of chemical substances
or mixtures shall ensure that packaging of hazardous chemical
substances or hazardous mixtures intended for further marketing
in the State is labelled in the Latvian language.
(21) Chemical substances and mixtures shall be
labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation No
1272/2008.
(3) [1 June 2015]
[29 October 2009; 24 May 2012 /
Amendments to Paragraph 2.1 and amendments in respect
of deletion of Paragraph three shall come into force on 1 June
2015. See Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 13. New Chemical Substance
Notification
[1 November 2007 / See Transitional Provisions]
Section 14. Safety Data Sheet
[1 November 2007]
Section 14.1 Safety Data
Sheet
Safety data sheet of a chemical substance or mixture shall be
drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Article 31 of and
Annex II to Regulation 1907/2006.
[24 May 2012]
Section 15. Content of Safety Data
Sheet
[1 November 2007]
Chapter
IV
Restrictions in Relation to Activities with Chemical Substances
and Mixtures
[29 October
2009]
Section 16. Special Restrictions or
Prohibitions of Activities to be Performed with Chemical
Substances and Mixtures
(1) The Cabinet shall determine special restrictions or
prohibitions in relation to activities with individual chemical
substances or mixtures or other materials that contain such
chemical substances or mixtures or are treated with such chemical
substances or mixtures.
(2) The Cabinet shall determine restrictions for the use of
individual hazardous chemical substances in electrical and
electronic equipment, as well as the obligations of such persons
who manufacture, import or distribute electrical and electronic
equipment.
(3) The Cabinet shall determine the authorities responsible
for actions with ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated
greenhouse gases which are cooling fluids.
[29 October 2009; 24 May 2012; 26
October 2017]
Section 17. Restrictions on the
Marketing of Toxic and Very Toxic Chemical Substances and
Mixtures
(1) It is prohibited to sell toxic and very toxic chemical
substances and mixtures to natural persons who are under 18 years
of age.
(2) Legal persons who sell toxic or very toxic substances or
mixtures shall maintain records of the purchasers of the referred
to chemical substances or mixtures. Upon maintenance of records
of the purchasers, the name and amount of the sold toxic or very
toxic chemical substances and mixtures, as well as the following
shall be indicated:
1) for natural persons - the given name, surname, personal
identity number and address of the purchaser;
2) for legal persons - registration number and registered
office, name of the undertaking (company) or firm name of the
company.
(3) The documents of purchasers' registration shall be
presented to supervisory and control institutions upon their
request.
[16 October 2003; 29 October
2009]
Section 18. Fee for the Registration
of Chemical Substances and Mixtures and Examination of
Requests
[21 December 2000; 29 October 2009]
Chapter V
Liability for Violations when Performing Activities with Chemical
Substances and Mixtures
[29 October
2009]
Section 19. Types of Liability for
Violations when Performing Activities with Chemical Substances
and Mixtures
(1) Persons who have violated the requirements laid down in
this Law and other laws and regulations in relation to activities
with chemical substances and mixtures shall be held liable in
accordance with the laws and regulations.
(2) If activities with hazardous chemical substances or
hazardous mixtures fail to conform to the requirements of this
Law and the laws and regulations related thereto, the relevant
substances or mixtures may be withdrawn or confiscated in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and
regulations.
(3) Confiscated chemical substances or mixtures shall be
handed over or sold to another performer of activities or
destroyed in accordance with the laws and regulations.
[29 October 2009]
Section 20. Compensation for Losses
and Expenses
(1) If, upon the performance of activities with chemical
substances or mixtures, the environment or structures are
polluted, the performer of activities who has allowed the loss
shall ensure purification of the environment and structures at
its own expense so that the pollution no longer presents threat
to the environment, human health, life and property.
(2) If, upon the performance of activities with chemical
substances or substances, damage has been caused to the
environment, human health or property, the performer of
activities who has allowed the damages shall compensate the
damage caused in accordance with the procedures laid down in laws
and regulations.
(3) A performer of activities who has been found guilty of
violating this law or other laws and regulations governing
activities with chemical substances or mixtures shall cover all
expenses for taking and examining samples.
[29 October 2009]
Transitional
Provisions
[30 June
2005]
1. Up to the day of the coming into force of Cabinet
regulations, but not later than by 31 December 2005, the
laboratory methods for determining chemical substance and mixture
physical, toxicological and ecotoxicological properties and list
of hazardous chemical substances approved by the Minister for
Environment shall be applied.
2. The Cabinet shall by 31 December 2005 issue
regulations:
1) regarding the laboratory methods for determining chemical
substance and mixture physical, toxicological and
ecotoxicological properties;
2) regarding the list of hazardous chemical substances.
3. The amendment to Section 6 of this Law in respect of the
deletion of Paragraph three shall come into force on 1 August
2008.
[1 November 2007]
4. The amendment in respect of the deletion of Section 13 of
this Law shall come into force on 1 August 2008.
[1 November 2007]
5. Until 1 June 2009, Cabinet Regulation No. 158 of 25 April
2000, Regulations Regarding Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use
and Marketing of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Hazardous
Chemical Preparations, shall be applicable, insofar as it is not
in contradiction with this Law.
[1 November 2007]
6. Amendments to Sections 10 and 12 of this Law determining
deletion of Paragraph three shall come into force on 1 June
2015.
[24 May 2012]
7. Section 10, Paragraph 2.1 and the second
sentence of Section 12, Paragraph 2.1 of this Law
shall be in force until 1 June 2015.
[24 May 2012]
8. Until 1 June 2015 Cabinet Regulation No. 107 of 12 March
2002, Procedures for Classification, Labelling and Packaging of
Chemical Substances and Chemical Products, shall be in force
insofar as they are not in contradiction with this Law.
[24 May 2012]
9. Until 1 June 2015 in addition to the conditions referred to
in Section 10, Paragraph 2.1 of this Law mixtures may be
classified in accordance with the requirements of Regulation No
1272/2008.
[24 May 2012]
10. Until 31 December 2012 the Cabinet shall issue the
regulations referred to in Section 16, Paragraph two of this
Law.
[24 May 2012]
11. The amendment in respect of supplementation of Section `1
of this Law with Clause 8 shall come into force on 1 June
2015.
[18 September 2014]
12. Amendment in relation to Section 4, Paragraph
6.1 of this Law and supplementation of Section 4 with
Paragraph 6.4 shall come into force on 1 September
2015.
[18 September 2014]
Informative
Reference to the Directives of the European Union
[30 June 2005;
1 November 2007; 21 October 2010; 24 May 2012; 18 September 2014;
26 October 2017]
This Law contains legal norms arising from:
1) [1 November 2007];
2) [26 October 2017];
3) [26 October 2017];
4) [26 October 2017];
5) [1 November 2007];
6) Directive 2006/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 18 December 2006 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC
on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative
provisions relating to the classification, packaging and
labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration,
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
and establishing a European Chemicals Agency;
7) [18 September 2014];
8) Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain
hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
This Law shall come into force on 1 January 1999.
This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 1 April
1998.
President G. Ulmanis
Rīga, 21 April 1998.
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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