CCoomm ii tt éé PPeerrmmaanneenntt ddeess IInndduussttrriieess dduu VVeerrrree EEuurrooppééeennnneess C C Monthly Info N°2 Info Monthly P P Tel. +32(0)2 538 44 46 46 44 538 Tel. +32(0)2 Responsible Editor Responsible I I In In Brief NewsGlass General Issues Social Environment PolicyTrade LegislationEU News Community V Special Glass Glass Fibres Container Glass Flat Glass Tableware & Crystal Tableware V 49 : F. Van Houte - Fax. +32 (0)2 537 84 69 69 84 537 (0)2 +32 Fax. – – – 89, Avenue Louise Louise 89, Avenue I I N J A N U A R Y R A U N J A N - – e 1050 Brussels1050 - mail. info@ F F Page 20 11 1 1 2 1 9 5 8 8 6 2 2 9 4 cpivglass.be – O O Belgium 200 9 2 CPIV- INFO N° 249 / JANUARY 2009 I . C O M M U N I T Y N E W S A. EU LEGISLATION Council & Parliament Regulations N° 1272/2008 and N° 1336/2008 of 16 December 2008 Regulations N°1272 and 1336/2008 amend previous Directives and Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment, as well as the free movement of chemical substances, adopting the criteria provided by the GHS system, the United Nations Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. The incorporation of the GHS criteria into Community legislation leads to the introduction of new hazard classes and categories only partially corresponding to the current EU classification and labelling arrangements. An analysis of the potential effects of the transition from the old to the new system of classification and labelling has led to the conclusion that the scope of the respective acts should be maintained thanks to Regulation N°1272/2008 introducing EU legislation to the new system. Full text at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:SOM:EN:HTML http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:354:SOM:EN:HTML 15798/O.J. L353 & 354 - 08.12.31 Council and Parliament Directives N° 2008/112/EC of 16 December 2008 This new Directive amends several Council Directives to adapt them to Regulation N° 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. The following Directives are thus updated : - Cosmetic products (76/768/EEC) - Safety of toys (88/378/EEC) - Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations (1999/13/EC) - End-of-vehicles (ELV) (2000/53/EC) - Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (2002/96/EC) - Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing products (2004/42/EC) Full text at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:345:SOM:EN:HTML 15799/O.J. L345 - 08.12.23 CPIV-INFO 3 N° 249 / JANUARY 2009 N° 2008/105/EC of 16 December 2008 This Directive lays down environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances and certain other pollutants as provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status and in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Article 4 of that Directive. Full text and list of priority substances in the field of water policy at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:348:SOM:EN:HTML 15800/O.J. L348 - 08.12.24 Council Regulation N° 1/2009 of 18 December 2008 The temporary suspensions of the autonomous duties of the Common Customs Tariff for the products set out in the Annex shall apply from 1 January 2009. They shall expire on the dates listed in the Annex, until 31.12.2012 and 2013 for the glass products concerned. ex 7002 10 00 (Balls of E-glass) ex 7005 10 25 & 10 30 (Float Glass) ex 7006 00 90 (Glass plate of a diagonal size of 81 cm or more and sodalime glass plate) ex 7007 19 20 & 29 00 (Tempered Glass plate) ex 7011 10 00 (Glass lenses) ex 7011 20 00 (Glass cones) ex 7014 00 00 (Optical elements of glass) ex 7019 12 00 (Rovings) ex 7019 19 10 (Yarns) ex 7019 90 99 (Other yarns) ex 7019 39 00 (Non-textile Glass fibres for air filters) ex 7019 40 00 (Woven fabrics of rovings) ex 7019 90 10 (Non-textile glass fibres) Full text and precise description of Glass products on pages 40 and 41 at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:001:SOM:EN:HTML 15801/O.J. L1 – 09.01.05 Commission Directive N° 2009/2/EC of 15 January 2009 The Directive adapts to technical progress, for the 31st time, Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Member States will have to comply with this new Directive by 1 June 2009 at the latest. Full text with annexes on page 6 at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:011:SOM:EN:HTML 15802/O.J. L11 – 09.01.16 4 CPIV- INFO N° 249 / JANUARY 2009 Commission Regulation N° 36/2009 of 11 July 2008 The Regulation establishes for 2008 the PRODCOM List of industrial products. This confirms that glass products are now classified as follows : NACE 23.11 : Manufacture of flat glass 23.11.11 -10 / -30 = CN code 7003 (External Trade Combined Nomenclature) 23.11.11.50 = 7004 23.11.12.12 /14 /17 = 7005.10 23.11.12.30 = 7005 21 23.11.12.90 = 7005.29 & 30 NACE 23.12 : Shaping and processing of flat glass 23.12.11.50 = 7006 00 10 23.12.11.90 = 7006 00 90 23.12.12.10 = 7007 11 23.12.12.30 = 7007 19 23.12.12.50 = 7007 21 23.12.12.70 = 7007 29 23.12.13.30 = 7008 23.12.13.50 = 7009 10 23.12.13.90 = 7009 9 NACE 23.13 : Manufacture of hollow glass 23.13.11.10 = 7010 20 + 90.10 (bottles) 23.13.11.20 = 7010 90 21 23.13.11.30 = 7010 90 31 23.13.11.40 = 7010 90 4 23.13.11.50 = 7010 90 5 23.13.11.60 = 7010 90 6 23.13.11.70 = 7010 90 7 23.13.11.80 = 7010 90 9 23.13.12.20 = 7013 22 10 & 33 1 (lead crystal glasses gathered by hand) 23.13.12.40 = 7013 22 90 & 33 9 (lead crystal glasses gathered mechanically) 23.13.12.60 = 7013 37 10 (toughened drinking glasses) 23.13.12.90 = 7013 28 & 37 (other drinking glasses) 23.13.13.10 = 7013 41 10 & 91 10 (crystal glassware hand-made) 23.13.13.30 = 7013 41 90 & 91 90 (crystal glassware mechanically gathered) 23.13.13.50 = 7013 42 (kitchen glassware other than drinking glasses) 23.13.13.60 = 7013 10 (borosilicate drinking glasses) 23.13.13.90 = 7013 49 & 99 (other glassware gathered mechanically) 23.13.14.00 = 7020 00 07 & 08 (glass vacuum inners) NACE 23.14 : Manufacture of glass fibres 23.14.11.10 = 7019 11 (chopped strands) 23.14.11.30 = 7019 12 (rovings) 23.14.11.50 = 7019 19 10 (yarns) 23.14.11.70 = 7019 19 90 (staples) 23.14.12.10 = 7019 31 (mats) 23.14.12.30 = 7019 32 (glass wool) CPIV-INFO 5 N° 249 / JANUARY 2009 23.14.12.50 = 7019 39 (webs, boards, …) 23.14.12.93 = 7019 90 10 & 99 (bulks, flocks, …) 23.14.12.95 = 7019 90 30 (pads, casings for insulating tubes or pipes) 23.14.12.99 = 7019 90 91 (articles of textile fibres) NACE 23.19 : Manufacture of processing of other glass, including technical glassware 23.19.11.10 = 7001 23.19.11.30 = 7002 10 & 20 23.19.11.50 = 7002 3 23.19.12.00 = 7016 90 (paving blocks) 23.19.21.00 = 7011 (glass envelopes for electric lamps, CRTs) 23.19.22.00 = 7015 (watch and spectacles glasses) 23.19.23.30 = 7017 (laboratory glassware) 23.19.23.50 = 7010 10 (glass ampoules for packing of goods) 23.19.24.00 = 9405 91 (glass parts for lamps and lighting fittings 23.19.25.00 = 8546 10 (glass electric insulators) 23.19.26.40 = 7014 + 7016.10 (signalling glassware + glass cubes) 23.19.26.70 = 7018 (glass beads, pearls, …) 23.19.26.90 = 7020 (other articles of glass) Full text at : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:018:SOM:EN:HTML 15803/O.J. L18 - 09.01.22 B. TRADE POLICY WTO Confirms China’s Breach of Trade Law in Car Parts Case The WTO has circulated the Appellate Body report in the case brought by the EU, US and Canada against China's taxes on imported car parts. The Appellate Body confirms the Panel's conclusions that China breached its WTO obligations (GATT Article III, which do not allow internal fiscal and regulatory measures to discriminate against imported products in favour of domestic products) by creating a system of registration and taxation of imported car parts that promoted the use of domestic components over imported car parts. Under this system, car manufacturers in China have to pay an additional tax of 15%, on top of the 10% customs duty normally levied on imported auto parts, when they do not use a sufficient quantity of parts made in China.