#TREP2026613AOrder of December 1, 2020, Setting the List of Chemical Products
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The arrêté of December 1, 2020, establishes a comprehensive list of chemical products that may pose significant risks to health and the environment as outlined in the French Environmental Code. It specifies maximum allowable packaging sizes for various types of chemical products, including pyrotechnics, extinguishers, hydrocarbons, adhesives, surface treatments, special maintenance products, and more. The list aims to regulate the sale of these products to ensure safety for consumers and mitigate potential environmental hazards.
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Key Changes
- Abrogation of the previous arrêté from August 16, 2012, regarding hazardous chemical products.
- Introduction of specific maximum packaging sizes for a wide range of chemical products.
- Establishment of clear exclusions for certain biocidal products and phytopharmaceuticals.
Obligations
What this law requires
Suppliers and retailers must ensure that pyrotechnic distress signaling devices (hand flares, smoke signals, parachute flares) are packaged and sold without volume or weight restrictions to consumers
Retailers must limit the sale of fire extinguishers and pressure/powder/water-based extinction devices to maximum 2 kg or 2 liters per unit when selling to consumers
Suppliers must ensure liquid hydrocarbon combustibles for heating equipment are packaged in containers not exceeding 25 liters for retail sale
Retailers must not sell solvent-based adhesives in quantities exceeding 1 kg per container and reactive adhesives in quantities exceeding 500 g per container to consumers
Retailers must limit the sale of insecticides, acaricides, and arthropod control products to maximum 1 liter (liquid/aerosol) or 1.5 kg (solid) per unit to consumers