FRA/169
WTO/TBT
FR Frankreich
  • 30 - Pharmazeutische Erzeugnisse
2017-01-29
2016-12-12

Cotton buds for domestic use that have a plastic stem, other than the devices for medical use defined in Articles L.5211-1 and L.5221-1 of the Public Health Code.

Décret relatif à l'interdiction de la mise sur le marché des bâtonnets ouatés à usage domestique dont la tige est en plastique, prévue au 2ème alinéa du III de l'article L. 541-10-5 du code de l'environnement (Decree prohibiting the placing on the market of cotton buds for domestic use that have a plastic stem, in accordance with the second paragraph of point III of Article L.541-10-5 of the Environmental Code)

This Decree defines the conditions for the implementation of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code that seek to prohibit, from 1 January 2020, the placing on the market of cotton buds for domestic use that have a plastic stem, with the exception of the devices defined in Articles L.5211-1 and L.5221-1 of the Public Health Code. In this context, it sets out the implementation procedures for the second paragraph of point III of Article L.541-10-5 of the Environmental Code and, in particular, the definitions and characteristics of these cotton buds.

An Order of the Minister for the Environment will subsequently define the composition of the stem of the cotton buds to which the prohibition applies, as well as applicable biodegradability conditions.