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Council Directive 85/572/EEC of 19 December 1985 laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Type Directive

Publication 1985-12-31

Last updated 2012-12-31

State In force

Department Council of the European Union

Source EUR-Lex

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Article 1

Pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 82/711/EEC, the simulants to be used for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with a single foodstuff or specific group of foodstuffs and the concentration of these simulants shall be those indicated in the Annex.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 1, the list of substances or materials whose use is authorized to the exclusion of all others may lay down procedures testing migration of particular constituents of plastic materials and articles which differ from those laid down in the Annex where this is appropriate.

Article 3

Adaptations to be made to the Annex to this Directive in the light of progress in scientific and technical knowledge shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of Directive 76/893/EEC ([^E0006]).

Article 4

Member States shall take all measures necessary to comply with this Directive not later than such time as they take the measures to implement Directive 82/711/EEC

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEX

The food simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with a single food or specific groups of foods are set out in point 3 of Annex III to Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.

OJ No L 297, 23. 10. 1982, p. 26.

OJ No C 102, 14. 4. 1984, p. 4.

OJ No C 175, 15. 7. 1985, p. 299.

OJ No C 25, 28. 1. 1985, p. 6.

OJ No L 291, 19. 11. 1969, p. 9.

[^E0006]: OJ No L 340, 9. 12. 1976, p. 19.

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