Plastics member states’ legislation

For nonparenteral/ophthalmic use the plastics should meet the requirements of relevant EU food use legislation, and if the material has not been so approved then toxicology data will be required. If the container is to be used for ophthalmic or parenteral products then compliance with the relevant requirements of the Ph Eur or other relevant member state pharmacopeial requirements will be required or appropriate additional data provided. 

The first warning against the use of phthalates in toys was the Recommendation adopted by the European Commission on 1 July 1998 concerning toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age, made of soft PVC and containing phthalates. The Commission Decision of 7 December 1999 (1999/815/EC) [58] made it possible to prohibit the use of certain phthalates on the basis of the legislation on general product [59]. Since 1999, The Commission Decision 1999/815/EC [58] was extended more than 20 times in the name of the precautionary principle until the adoption of Directive 2005/84/EC [60]. This Directive restricted the use of DEHP, DBP, and BBP in the manufacmre of toys and childcare articles intended for children and DiNP, DiDP, and DnOP are limited only in toys and childcare articles which can be placed in the mouth. The restriction states that the amount of phthalates may not be greater than 0.1% by mass of the plasticized material part of the toys. The member states of the EU applied this directive from 16 January 2007. 

In European Nato Countries, usually each State makes a choice of her own regulations to interpret general applications of EC directive, and thus, many and sometimes deep differences may occur among the legislative plans of European Nato States on recycling of plastics.. In the following, a brief summary will be presented on the interpretation of Community directives made by some European member States and their incorporation into the existing webs. 

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