21.7.82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 213/17 COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 10 June 1982 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 73/173/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (solvents) (82/473/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ~ Having regard to Council Directive 73/173/EEC of 4 June 1973 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (solvents) (1), as last amended by Council Directive 80/781/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas examination of the list of dangerous substances in the Annex to Directive 73/173/EEC has shown that this list needs to be amended in the light of both the new requirements and the latest scientific and technical knowledge and, more precisely, that it is necessary to change the classes and/or sub-classes of certain substances and to include substances which are not yet on the list, giving details of the classes and sub-classes to which they belong or of the concentration limits for substancés which are classified as being corrosive and/or irritant; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations, (1) OJ NoL 189, 11.7. 1973, p. 7. (%) O No L 229, 30. 8. 1980, p. 57. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The Annex to Directive 73/173/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 By 1 July 1983 the Member States shall adopt and - publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply such provisions not later than 1 January 1984. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 June 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission