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| Europese Overeenkomst inzake beperking van het gebruik van bepaalde detergenten in was- en reinigingsmiddelen | BWBV0004445 | verdrag | geldend | 1971-02-28 | https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0004445 | Europese Overeenkomst inzake beperking van het gebruik van bepaalde detergenten in was- en reinigingsmiddelen |
Europese Overeenkomst inzake beperking van het gebruik van bepaalde detergenten in was- en reinigingsmiddelen
Artikel 1
This Agreement applies to any washing and cleaning product (detergent) the composition of which has been specially devised with a view to developing its detergent properties and which may be made up of surfactants, adjuvants, intensifying agents, fillers, additives and other auxiliary constituents.
Artikel 2
The use of products of the kind referred to in Article 1 shall not, under conditions of normal use, adversely affect man and the environment.
Artikel 3
1.
The Contracting Parties undertake to adopt measures as effective as possible in the light of the available techniques, including legislation if it is necessary, to ensure that in their respective territories:
a. a. no products of the kind referred to in Article 1 are put on the market unless the anionic and non-ionic surfactants which they contain are at least 80% susceptible to biological degradation as determined by the best practical techniques, such as the OECD reference method or any other method providing equivalent results; b. b. the same objectives be achieved when considered appropriate with regard to cationic and ampholytic surfactants; c. c. appropriate measurement and control procedures are implemented to guarantee compliance with the provisions of sub-paragraphs a and b of this paragraph.
2.
The Contracting Parties may exempt the following surfactants, in the absence of suitable substitutes, from the requirements of paragraph 1:
a. a. low-foaming alkene oxide additives on such substances as alcohols, alkylphenols, glycols, polyols, fatty acids, amides or amines, used in dish-washing products; b. b. surfactants mentioned under sub-paragraph a of this paragraph, and alkali-resistant terminally blocked alkyl and alkyl-aryl polyglycol ethers, used in cleaning agents for the food, beverage and metal working industries.
Artikel 3 bis
The Contracting Parties undertake to intensify their research leading to a better understanding and assessment of the biological degradability of surfactants and to encourage, where necessary, the research for phosphate substitutes.
Artikel 3 ter
The Contracting Parties shall, every five years, or more frequently if one of the Parties should so request, hold multilateral consultations within the Council of Europe to examine the application of this Agreement, and the advisability of revising it or extending any of its provisions. These consultations shall take place at meetings convened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The Contracting Parties shall communicate the name of their representative to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe at least two months before the meetings.
Artikel 4
1.
This Agreement shall be open to signature by member States of the Council of Europe which take part in the activities in the field of public health referred to in Resolution (59) 23 mentioned in the Preamble hereto. They may become Parties to it by either:
a. a. signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, or b. b. signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance.
2. Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Artikel 5
1. This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which three member States of the Council shall have become Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.
2. As regards any member State who shall subsequently sign the Agreement without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance or who shall ratify or accept it, the Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification or acceptance.
Artikel 6
1.
After the entry into force of this Agreement,
a. a. any member State of the Council of Europe which does not take part in the activities in the field of public health referred to in Resolution (59) 23 mentioned in the Preamble to this Agreement, may accede thereto; b. b. the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any State not a Member of the Council to accede to this Agreement provided that the resolution containing such invitation receives the unanimous agreement by member States of the Council of Europe which take part in the activities in the field of public health referred to in Resolution (59) 23 mentioned in the Preamble to this Agreement.
2. Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect one month after the date of its deposit.
Artikel 7
1. Any Contracting Party may at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Agreement shall apply.
2. Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Agreement to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.
3. Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in Article 8 of this Agreement.
Artikel 8
1. This Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely.
2. Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Agreement by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.
Artikel 9
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Agreement, of:
a. a. any signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; b. b. any signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; c. c. the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession; d. d. any date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with Article 5 thereof; e. e. any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7; f. f. any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of Article 8 and the date on which denunciation takes effect.