Belgium
• Brussels region: Order relating to the use of PFOS in classified installations adopted 04-Sep-2008 [27499] • Brussels Region: Order on the use of arsenic compounds or wood treated with arsenic compounds in classified installations adopted 04-Sep-2008 [27484] • Brussels Region: Order on the public utility installations which environmental permits and certificates are to be issued by the IBGE adopted 04-Sep-2008 [27512] • Flemish Region: Delayed implementation of Decision on the inspection and maintenance of heating boilers 12-Sep-2008 [14579] • Flemish Region: Flemish Allocation Plan for CO2 emission trading rights enters into force 30-Oct-2008 [15979] • Flemish Region: Adopted Environmental Management Agreement on the acceptance criteria for used oil 29-Aug-2008 [27755] • Flemish Region: Adopted exemption from building permit for solar panels 05-Sep-2008 [27466] • Flemish Region: Adopted Decision implementing requirements on energyefficiency certificates for residential buildings 21-Aug-2008 [27469] • Order establishing product standards for the designation of biodegradable and compostable materials adopted 09-Sep-2008 [27707] • Royal Order on the marketing of machines adopted 12-Aug-2008 [27711] • Royal Order on the marketing of lifts amended 12-Aug-2008 [27740] • Wallonia: Operating requirements applying to paint booths used in the automotive industry 25-Sep-2008 [26397] • Wallonia: Greenhouse gas allocations for the period 2008-2012 adopted 11-Sep-2008 [27548] • Wallonia: Operating conditions for individual wastewater treatment installations adopted 25-Sep-2008 [27766] Denmark • Statutory Order on batteries and accumulators has been adopted 23-Sep-2008 [27524] Finland • Adopted a Decree on the prevention of major accidents caused by hazardous substances 21-Aug-2008 [27269] • Adopted a Decree amending the Decree on WEEE 26-Sep-2008 [27273] • Adopted a Decree on the provision of information on chemicals 01-Sep-2008 [27500] • Adopted a Decree amending the Decree on restricting hazardous substances in vehicles 09-Oct-2008 [27832] • Adopted a Decree amending the Decree on the classification and labelling of chemicals 28-Oct-2008 [27834] • Decree on phytosanitary measures adopted 15-Oct-2008 [27867] France • Circular on the rules for the classification under the classified installation nomenclature of mobile containers present on sites 17-Jul-2008 [27390] • National interprofessional framework agreement to tackle workplace stress adopted 11-Sep-2008 [27448] • Order relating to the management of the risks arising from exposure to radon in workplaces adopted 07-Aug-2008 [27346] • Order on periodic compliance audits of facilities using molten salts baths and subject to prior declaration adopted 08-Sep-2008 [27379] • Order setting operations for entitling energy saving certificates adopted 21-Jul-2008 [27413] • Press release on the REACH preregistration procedure issued 11-Sep-2008 [27331] • Order specifying the content of the declarations to be submitted to the ANDRA by operators of activities involving radioactive substances adopted 09-Oct-2008 [27677] • Order relating to the affixing of a pictogram on the packaging of certain pharmaceutical products 03-Oct-2008 [27731] Germany • Revised Act on Renewable Energy Sources (EEG) adopted 31-Oct-2008 [3446]Act on cogeneration amended 25-Oct-2008 [4982] • Act on the modernization of mandatory accident prevention in Germany adopted 30-Oct-2008 [16738] • Atomic energy regulations amended in the light of liability 08-Sep-2008 [27308] • Period to pay increased lorry toll on German motorways extended 25-Jul-2008 [15721] • New Technical Rule on Dangerous Substances TRGS 600 on the substitution of chemical substances issued 22-Sep-2008 [27284] • Notice 910: Risk values and exposure when working with carcinogenic substances published 01-Sep-2008 [27581] • Ordinance on long-distance pipelines amended 06-Oct-2008 [27678] • Bay: Ordinance on storage of water hazardous substances amended concerning requirements on fuel stations 30-Sep-2008 [27688] Ireland • The European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 adopted 16-Sep-2008 [27520] • The Waste Management (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 adopted 23-Sep-2008 [27562] • The Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 adopted 23-Sep-2008 [27608] • The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 adopted 30-Oct-2008 [27777] • The European Communities (Machinery) Regulations 2008 adopted 17-Oct-2008 [27778] • The European Communities (Lifts) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 adopted 17-Oct-2008 [27780] Italy • Agreement on the procedures to verify drug addiction on the workplace published 08-Oct-2008 [27662] • Directive adapting provisions on classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances to REACH adopted 18-Sep-2008 [27543] • Decree transposing Directive 2007/51/EC banning mercury in measuring devices adopted 18-Oct-2008 [27671] • Italy ratifies the Ban Amendment to the Basel convention 10-Nov-2008 [27674] Lithuania • Order on the approval of certification and attestation of companies and personnel, operating with fluorinated greenhouse gases issued 04-Sep-2008 [27575] • Order concerning records of chemicals amended 17-Oct-2008 [27786] • Order concerning chemicals recording approved 02-Jul-2008 [27797] • Requirements for Placing on Market of Batteries and Accumulators amended 22-Oct-2008 [27857] • Regulation on prevention, liquidation and investigation of industrial accidents amended 10-Sep-2008 [27574] • Rules on waste landfills with regards to waste batteries amended 23-Sep-2008 [27603] • Requirements for waste incineration regardingwaste batteries amended 23-Sep-2008 [27607] Netherlands • Adopted amendments to Decision on environmental quality objectives for the external safety of facilities 09-Sep-2008 [4981] • Adopted Decision on the management of batteries and accumulators 2008 04-Jul-2008 [16986] • Adopted Amendment to Decision on Emission Trading Rights III 26-Aug-2008 [26782] • Adopted 2008 amendments to Rules on uniform remediation of soil contamination19-Aug-2008 [27384] • Adopted Temporary Energy Rule on Market and Innovation 01-Sep-2008 [27386] • Adopted Rules on Standard Notification Form for Batteries and Accumulators 09-Sep-2008 [27387] • Adopted 2008 Rules on the Management of Batteries and Accumulators 09-Sep-2008 [27388]Adopted amendments to Rule on the prevention of pollution from ships 24-Sep-2008 [27389] • Adopted implementing Rules for ECRegulation EC/689/2008 on the import and export of dangerous chemical substances 28-Aug-2008 [27394] • Adopted amendment to implementing Rules of the Activities Decision 02-Oct-2008 [27726] More information can be found in the Enhesa Update
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