L 282/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.10.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2247/98 of 13 October 1998 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 of 23 July 1992 concerning Community exports and imports of certain dangerous chemicals ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/97 (%), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 sets up a system of notification and, in particular, of information for imports from and exports to third countries of certain dangerous chemicals; whereas certain of these chemicals are subject to the international prior informed consent procedure (PIC) established by the United Nations Envir- onment Programme (UNEP) and by the Food and Agri- culture Organisation (FAO); Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 further provides for the participation of the Community in the inter- national prior informed consent procedure; Whereas Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides, inter alia, that the information in Annex II to the said Regulation should comprise the list of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure, a list of the countries participating in the PIC scheme and the PIC decisions of importing countries; Whereas Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides that Annex II should be amended where the UNEP and the FAO have initiated amendments to the list of chemicals subject to the international PIC proce- dure and to the PIC decisions of importing countries; Whereas, a number of such amendments having been so initiated, it is necessary, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, to amend its Annex II; Whereas it is desirable to give exporters additional infor- mation by listing also interim decisions of participating importing countries; Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up pursuant to Article 29 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (%), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/69/EC (%, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to this Regulation replaces Annex II to Regu- lation (EEC) No 2455/92. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998. () OJ L 251, 29. 8. 1992, p. 13. () OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 37. For the Commission Ritt BJERREGAARD Member of the Commission () OJ L 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. () OJ L 343, 13. 12. 1998, p. 19.