12. 1. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 8/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 41/94 of 11 January 1994 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals 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, and in particular Article 11, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 sets up a system of notification and information for imports from and exports to third countries of certain dangerous chemicals ; whereas certain of these chemicals are subject to the international prior consent procedure (PIC) established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 further provides for the participation of the Community in the interna- tional notification and prior informed consent procedure ; Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides, inter alia, that Annex II to the said Regulation should comprise a list of chemicals subject to the interna- tional PIC procedure, a list of the countries participating in the PIC scheme and the PIC decisions of importing countries ; Whereas Article 11 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, Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 must thus be amended in accordance with Article 11; Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 28 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC (3 as amended, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The entries set out in the Annex to this Regulation are included for the first time in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92. ~ Article 2 This Regulation shall come into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities. ' This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 January 1994. For the Commission Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member of the Commission () OJ No L 251, 29. 8. 1992, p. 13. (® OJ No L 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1.