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Annex 1:
Environment-related substances and definition of their control rank
(1) Definition of environment-related substances Environment-related
substances = (a) — (b)
- Criteria of the matrix: The following substances that
are regulated by laws and ordinances, or listed in accordance with the evaluation
of
harmfulness
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Environment basic law, environmental standard |
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(Abb. Ozone Layer Protection Law) |
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(Abb. Global Warming Countermeasure Law) |
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Air Pollution Control Law |
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Water Pollution Control Law |
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Odor Prevention Law |
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(Abb. Waste Disposal Law) |
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(Abb. PRTR Law) |
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The Law concerning the Examination and Regulation of Manufacture
etc. of Chemical Substances |
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Industrial Safety and Health Law (Abb. Chemical Examination
Law) |
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European RoHS Directives |
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The substances listed up as the objectives of |
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Regulatory substances by KITASHIBA |
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The substances disclosed as |
- Excluded substances:
The substances are excluded from above (a) that are used in production
process but supposed
not to be included
in KITASHIBA’s
products (e.g. solvent, detergent, organic compound material), or their
use is limited to agricultural chemicals and medical drugs.
However, prohibited materials are not excluded from above (a).
(2) Definition of control rank
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| A: |
[Prohibited substance] |
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Substances whose use or manufacturing is prohibited by laws and
regulations and substances whose use is prohibited by KITASHIBA |
| A’: |
[Substituted substance] |
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Substance whose use shall be substituted from April, 2004 in principle.
However, the contents of substitution concerning export to Europe are in accordance
with the European Directives |
| B: |
[Substances whose use is to be reduced or to be substituted by
alternative substances in order to reduce environmental impacts,
or substances for which a closed system is to be adopted for recovery
and detoxification in order to minimize environmental impacts] |
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Substances corresponding to any of the following
- Paragraph 6 of the Appendix of the Ozone Layer Protection
Law
- Gases to cause “Greenhouse effect” specified in
the Global Warming Countermeasure Promotion Law
- Substances that may generate dioxins when incinerated
- Substances that come under one of the following (substances
for which emission standards are established and substances to
which priority is to be accorded
in accordance with the Air Pollution Control Law; substances to which emission
standards are established and substances to be monitored in accordance with
the Water Pollution Control Law; substances regarding which industrial waste
management
standards are established in accordance with the Waste Management Law; or Type
2 specified chemical substances in accordance with the Chemical Substance Examination
Law) and whose carcinogenicity according to the “data on toxicity of PRTR-specified
chemical substances” issued by the Ministry of the Environment is Class
2 or higher and whose other toxicity is Class 1
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| C: |
[Substances of which consumption is to be controlled] |
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Environment-related substances other than A and A’ described
above. |
Environment-related substances selected based on the above concept and their control rank are indicated in Annex
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