Ympäriostöministeriö Ref.: 02/ymp0881 Grade: 3 Printed by: typing Pages: 2 29/05/02 Due: 31/05/2002 Team: Hilkka Pekkanen, Diana Tullberg /British Home page: http://www.englishcentre.fi/ E-mail: desk@englishcentre.fi No.273 Ministry of the Environment Decision on derogations from limitation of heavy metal concentration levels in packaging Issued in Helsinki, February 29, 2000 Under section 21 of the Government Decision (921/1997) of October 23, 1997 on packaging and packaging waste, the Ministry of the Environment has decided the following: Section 1 Implementation This decision implements the Commission of the European Communities Decision (1999/177/EC) establishing the conditions for derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets from the heavy metal concentration levels laid down in European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission Decision’. Section 2 Derogation from the limi...