S.L. 549.71 Art. 3Requirements. S.L. 549.79

(1) The placing on the market (including by any act to

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offer, expose, advertise or keep for sale and supply by way of compensation or otherwise) and, or use of the paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products within the scope of these regulations in accordance with Schedule I is prohibited unless their VOC content is less or equal to (≤) the limit values set out in Schedule II and unless the product is compliant with the labelling requirement in regulation 4.

(2) For determining compliance with the VOC content limit values set out in Schedule II, the analytical methods referred to in Schedule III shall be used.

(3) For products set out in Schedule I to which solvents or other components containing solvents have to be added in order for the product to be ready for use, the limit values in Schedule II shall apply to the VOC content of the product in its ready for use condition.

(4) By way of derogation from sub-regulation (1), the operator of an installation permitted by the Environment Protection Directorate under regulations 3 and 4 of the Limitation of

Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds Regulations, may be allowed to import, on a yearly basis and for their own use, restricted amounts of paints which are not compliant with the limit values in Schedule II, as long as these products are used exclusively on the site covered by the said permit.

(5) The use of the paints covered by the derogation in sub-regulation (4) shall be subject to the approval in writing of the Environment Protection Directorate, which is contingent upon the installation of appropriate abatement measures on the site covered by the permit. This approval shall be granted after the submission of an application for permit by the operator.

(6) Operators making use of the derogation in sub-regulation

(4) shall not offer, expose, advertise or keep for sale or supply by way of compensation or otherwise the paints which are not compliant with the limit values in Schedule II to any third party.

(7) In addition, operators making use of the derogation in sub-regulation (4) shall forward to the Environment Protection Directorate a yearly report which shall include the amounts of used and unused non-compliant paints covered by the said derogation. The reported amounts of unused paints shall be kept on site.

(8) For the purposes of restoration and maintenance of buildings and vintage vehicles designated by competent authorities as being of particular historical and cultural value, the Technical Regulations Division may grant individual licences for the sale and purchase in strictly limited quantities of products which do not meet the VOC limit values laid down in Schedule II.

(9) Whoever intends to make use of the derogation under sub-regulation (8) shall register his intent with the Technical Regulations Division and shall provide certification by an authorised body to prove that the vehicle or building in question is regarded as being a vintage vehicle or building of particular historical and cultural value. REFINISHING PRODUCTS)