Regulations relating to restrictions on the manufacture, import, export, sale and use of chemicals and other products hazardous to health and the environment (Product Control Regulations). This is an unofficial translation of the Norwegian regulation.

Appendix I. Batteries – labelling

1. Batteries subject to labelling requirements and, where it is practicable for articles with built-in batteries, also the article that the batteries are built in to, shall be labelled with one of the following two symbols:

Symbols

2. In addition, they shall be labelled with:

Symbols that indicate the heavy metal content. This shall consist of the chemical symbol for the heavy metal in question, Hg, Cd or Pb.

The labelling shall be indelible and easily visible, and shall be printed on the surface of the batteries themselves and/or the packaging/article when the battery is built-in. In cases where this is not possible, the symbol shall be firmly mounted and be acid/lye-resistant in such a way that it is indelible and clearly legible and attached to the battery/accumulator for all of its service life. The symbol shall comprise at least 3% of the largest side of the battery and/or the surface of the packaging, up to a maximum size of 5 x 5 cm. For cylindrical cells, the symbol shall cover at least 3% of half of the side surface and have a maximum size of 5 x 5 cm. If 3% of the battery surface comprises less than 0.5 x 0.5 cm, the packaging shall be labelled with a symbol sized 1 x 1 cm instead.

The symbol referred to in point 2 (indication of the heavy metal content) shall be printed under the symbol referred to in point 1. It shall cover an area of at least 25% of the symbol referred to in point 1.

Appendix II. Batteries – exemptions from the prohibition on built-in batteries

For the following categories of articles, no requirements to the effect that built-in batteries shall be easily removable by consumers shall be imposed:

1. Articles where the batteries are soldered, welded or permanently attached in another way to the contact point in order to ensure the continual supply of energy for intensive industrial purposes, or to preserve memory or data functions in certain forms of information technology and office equipment, where the use of batteries is technically necessary.

2. Reference cells in scientific or other technical equipment, and batteries built in to medical equipment designed to maintain vital functions and in pacemakers, where continuous operation is absolutely essential, and where the batteries can only be removed by qualified personnel.

3. Hand-held equipment where the replacement of the batteries by unqualified personnel can present a safety risk for the user or may have an effect on the functions of the equipment, and professional equipment intended for use in especially sensitive environments, e.g. in close proximity to flammable and explosive compounds.

Articles with batteries that cannot be easily removed by the user shall be supplied with operating instructions for the user that give the information that there are built-in environmentally hazardous batteries, and that indicate how the batteries can be removed without danger.

Appendix III. Vehicles – materials and parts that are exempt from the prohibition in section 3-15

Materials and components
Scope and expiry date of the exemption
Shall be labelled or made identifiable, cf. section 3-15 subsection three, and removed in accordance with chapter 4, section 4-7 of Regulations no. 930 of 1 June 2004 relating to the recovery and treatment of waste, at the latest from 1 July 2003

Lead as an alloying component

1. Steel for machining purposes and galvanised steel containing up to 0.35 percent lead by weight

2a) Aluminium for machining purposes with a lead content up to 2 percent by weight

2b) Aluminium for machining purposes with a lead content up to 1 percent by weight
1 July 2005
1 July 2008

3. Copper alloys containing up to 4 percent lead by weight

4. Lead/bronze bearing-shells and bushes

Lead and lead compounds in components

5. Batteries
X

6. Vibration dampers
X

7. Wheel balance weights
Vehicles type-approved before 1 July 2003 and wheel balance weights intended for servicing of these vehicles: 1 July 2005
X

8. Vulcanising agents and stabilisers for elastomers in fluid handling and powertrain applications
1 July 2005

9. Stabilisers in protective paints
1 July 2005

10. Carbon brushes for electric motors
Vehicles type-approved before 1 July 2003 and carbon brushes for electric motors intended for servicing of these vehicles: 1 January 2005

11. Solder in electronic circuit boards and in other electrical applications
 X1

12. Copper in brake linings containing more than 0.5 percent lead by weight
Vehicles type-approved before 1 July 2003 and servicing of these vehicles: 1 July 2004
X

13. Valve seats
Engine types developed before 1 July 2003: 1 July 2006

14. Electrical components that contain lead in a glass or ceramic matrix compound with the exception of glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs
X2 (for components other than piezos in engines)

15. Glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs
1 January 2005

16. Pyrotechnic initiators
1 July 2007
Hexavalent chromium

17. Corrosion-preventive coatings
1 July 2007

18. Absorption refrigerators in motor caravans
X

Mercury

19. Discharge lamps and instrument panel displays
X

Cadmium
 
20. Thick film pastes
1 July 2006

21. Batteries for electrical vehicles
After 31 December 2005 the placing on the market of NiCd batteries shall only be allowed if they are intended as replacement parts for batteries for vehicles put on the market before this date.
X

1 Applies to dismantling that takes place in connection with point 14 where an average threshold value of 60 grams of lead and lead compounds per vehicle is exceeded. In the application of this provision, electrical equipment that is not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.

2 Applies to dismantling that takes place in connection with point 11 where an average threshold value of 60 grams of lead and lead compounds per vehicle is exceeded. In the application of this provision, electrical equipment that is not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.

Notes:

- A maximum concentration value up to 0.1 percent by weight and per homogeneous material for lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury, and up to 0.01 percent by weight per homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated, provided that these substances are not intentionally introduced.1

- A maximum concentration value up to 0.4 percent by weight of lead in aluminium shall also be tolerated, provided that this substance is not intentionally introduced.1

- A maximum concentration value up to 0.4 percent by weight of lead in copper, intended as friction material in brake linings shall be tolerated until 1 July 2007, provided that this substance is not intentionally introduced.1

- The re-use of parts from vehicles that were already on the market at the date of expiry of an exemption is permitted without limitation, as they are not covered by section 3-15.

- Up to 1 July 2007, the same exemptions shall apply to new (spare) parts that are intended for repairs2 of parts of vehicles that are exempt from the provision in section 3-15.

1 «Intentionally introduced» shall mean “deliberately utilised in the formulation of a material or component where its continued presence is desired in the final product to provide a specific characteristic, quality or appearance. The use of recycled materials as feedstock for the manufacture of new products, where some portion of the recycled materials may contain amounts of regulated materials, is not to be considered as intentionally introduced.

2 This note relates to replacement parts and not to components intended for normal servicing of vehicles. It does not apply to wheel balance weights, carbon brushes for electric motors and brake linings, as these components are covered by specific entries.

Appendix IV. Requirements for petrol and diesel fuel

Table 1

Requirements for petrol

Parameter1	Unit	Limits2
		Criterion
Research octane number (RON)	-	Min.	953
Motor octane number (MON)	-	Min.	855
Vapour pressure – Summer period4	kPa	Max.	70,0
Distillation:
- percentage evaporated at 100°C	% v/v	Min.	46,0
- percentage evaporated at 150 ° C	% v/v	Min.	75,0
Hydrocarbon analysis:
- olefins	% v/v	Max.	18,05
- aromatics	% v/v	Max.	35,0
- benzene	% v/v	Max.	1,0
Oxygen content	% m/m	Max.	2,7
Oksygenates:
- metanol, appropriate stabilising agents must be added	% v/v	Max.	3
- ethanol, stabilising agents may be added	% v/v	Max.	5
- iso-propyl alcohol	% v/v	Max.	10
- tert-butyl alcohol	% v/v	Max.	7
- iso-butyl alcohol	% v/v	Max.	10
- ethers containing 5 or more carbon atoms per molecule	% v/v	Max.	15
- other oxygenates6	% v/v	Max.	10
Sulphur content	mg/kg	Max.	50
			107
Lead content	g/l	Max.	0,005

Amended by Regulations no. 430 of 12 May 2005.

1 The test methods shall comply with those specified in NS-EN 228:2004. A different analytical method can be used if it gives the same accuracy and the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.

2 The values quoted in the specification are ”true values”. The terms and conditions of ISO 4259 «Petroleum products – determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test» have been applied for the determination of the limit values, and a minimum difference of 2R over zero (R = reproducibility) has been applied in the determination of a minimum value. The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of the criteria described in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).

3 These limit values shall not prevent the introduction on to the market of petrol with lower octane numbers. The research octane number and motor octane number shall be at minimum 91 and 81, respectively.

4 The summer period shall begin no later than 1 June and shall not end before 31 August.

5 With the exception of unleaded regular grade petrol (minimum motor octane number (MON) of 81 / minimum research octane number (RON) of 91), where the maximum olefin content shall be 21.0% v/v.

6 Other mono-alcohols and ethers with a final boiling point no higher than the final boiling point laid down in NS-EN 228:2004.

7 Petrol with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg shall be available. From 1 January 2009, the maximum sulphur content in petrol shall be 10 mg/kg.

Table 2

Requirements for diesel fuel

Parameter1	Unit	Limits2
		Criterion
Cetane number	-	Min.	51,0
Density at 15 ° C	kg/m3	Max.	845
Distillation:
- 95% recovered at	° C	Max.	360
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)	% m/m	Max.	11
Sulphur content	mg/kg	Max.	50
			103

Amended by Regulations no. 430 of 12 May 2005.

1 The test methods shall comply with those specified in NS-EN 590:2004. A different analytical method can be used if it gives the same accuracy and the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.

2 The values quoted in the specification are ”true values”. The terms and conditions of ISO 4259 «Petroleum products – determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test» have been applied for the determination of the limit values, and a minimum difference of 2R over zero (R = reproducibility) has been taken into account in the determination of a minimum value. The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of the criteria described in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).

3 Diesel fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg shall be available. From 1 January 2009, the maximum sulphur content in diesel fuel shall be 10 mg/kg.

Appendix V

1: Areas of application that are exempt from the prohibition

Mercury

Compact fluorescent lamps
up to 5 mg mercury per lamp

Straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes:

- halophosphate
up to 10 mg of mercury
- triphosphate - normal lifetime
up to 5 mg of mercury
- triphosphate - long lifetime
up to 8 mg of mercury

Straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes
No restriction

Other lamps that are not specified above
No restriction

Lead

Glass in cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes
No restriction

Alloys:

- steel
up to 0.35 percent lead by weight
- aluminium
up to 0.4 percent lead by weight
- copper
up to 4 percent lead by weight
- solders with a high melting point (i.e. tin-lead solder alloys) containing over 85 percent lead by weight)
- solders for servers, storage systems and storage array systems
exemption until 1 January 2010
- solders for network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission and network management for telecommunications
- electronic ceramic components (e.g. piezoelectric components)

Cadmium

Surface treatment, with the exception of applications that are prohibited under the terms of section 2-13 of these Regulations.

Chromium

Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of carbon steel cooling systems in absorption refrigerators.

2: Labelling of EEE

EEE shall be labelled to show that the product is covered by a special collection scheme.

The pictogram indicating that the EEE is subject to a special collection scheme consists of a crossed out wheelie bin, as shown here:

Pictogram

The products shall also be labelled in such a way that the manufacturer can be easily identified and that it shows that the product was brought onto the market after 13 August 2005.

As a rule, the labelling shall be affixed to the product. When necessary and by way of exception, if the product cannot be labelled because of its size or function, the packaging, operating instructions or guarantee card can be labelled.

Appendix V added by Regulations no. 46 of 24 January 2005.

Appendix VI. Appendix to sections 3-20 to 3-22 on organic compounds in paints and varnishes

Section 1: Scope

1. Sections 3-20 to 3-22 cover paints and varnishes in the subcategories indicated in point 1.1. Aerosols are not included. The subcategories are coatings applied to buildings, their trim and fittings, and associated structures for decorative, functional and protective purposes.
1.1. Subcategories:
a)  matt paints for interior walls and ceilings means paints designed for application to indoor walls and ceilings with a degree of gloss = 25@60°.
b) glossy paints for interior walls and ceilings means paints designed for application to indoor walls and ceilings with a degree of gloss >25@60°.
c) paints for exterior walls of mineral substrate means paints designed for application to outdoor walls of masonry, brick or stucco;
d) interior/exterior trim and cladding paints for wood, metal or plastic means paints designed for application to trim and cladding which produce an opaque film. These coatings are designed for either a wood, metal or a plastic substrate. This subcategory includes undercoats with no special properties and intermediate paints;
e) paints, varnishes and woodstains for interior/exterior trim of wood, metal and plastic means transparent or semi-transparent paints designed for decoration and protection of wood, metal and plastics. This subcategory includes opaque woodstains. Opaque woodstains means paints producing an opaque film for the decoration and protection of wood against weathering, cf. the definition in EN 927-1, within the semi-stable category;
f) minimal build woodstains means woodstains which have a mean thickness of less than 5 µm when tested according to ISO 2808:1997, method 5A, cf. EN 927-1:1996;
g)  primers means primers with sealing and/or blocking properties designed for use as a primer on wood, walls or ceilings;
h)  binding primers means coatings designed to stabilise loose substrate particles or impart hydrophobic properties and/or protect wood against blue stain (fungal attack);
i)  one-pack performance paints means surfacing products based on film-forming material. They are designed for applications requiring a special performance, such as primer and topcoats for plastics, primers for ferrous substrates, primers for reactive metals such as zinc and aluminium, anticorrosion finishes, floor surfacing agents, including for wood and cement floors, products with graffiti-resistant and flame-retardant properties, and products that have to meet hygiene standards in the food or drink industry or health services;
j)  two-pack performance paints means paints for the same applications as one-performance paints, but with a second component (e.g. tertiary amines) added prior to application;
k)  multicoloured paints means paints designed to give a two-tone or multiple-colour effect directly from the primary application;
l)  decorative effect paints means paints designed to give special aesthetic effects over specially prepared pre-painted substrates or base coats that are subsequently treated with various tools during the drying period.
2.  Sections 3-20 to 3-22 cover vehicle refinishing products listed in the subcategories given in point 2.1. The products are used for surface treatment carried out as part of the repair, conservation or decoration of road vehicles, or parts of them, outside of manufacturing installations, cf. the Motor Vehicle Regulations, cf. Directive 70/156/EEC.
2.1. Subcategories:
a)  preparatory and cleaning products