27. Nickel
CAS No 7440-0-20
EINECS No 231-111-4
and its compounds
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1. Shall not be used:
| (a) | in all post assemblies which are inserted into pierced
ears and other pierced parts of the human body unless
the rate of nickel release from such post assemblies is
less than 0.2 µg/cm2/week (migration limit);
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| (b) | in articles intended to come into direct and prolonged
contact with the skin such as:
— earrings,
— necklaces, bracelets and chains, anklets, finger rings,
— wrist-watch cases, watch straps and tighteners,
— rivet buttons, tighteners, rivets, zippers and metal
marks, when these are used in garments,
— if the rate of nickel release from the parts of these
articles coming into direct and prolonged contact
with the skin is greater than 0.5 µg/cm2/week;
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| (c) in articles such as those listed in point (b) where these
have a non-nickel coating unless such coating is sufficient
to ensure that the rate of nickel release from those
parts of such articles coming into direct and prolonged
contact with the skin will not exceed 0.5 µg/cm2/week
for a period of at least two years of normal use of the
article.
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2. Articles which are the subject of paragraph 1, shall
not be placed on the market unless they conform to the
requirements set out in those points.
3. The standards adopted by the European Committee
for Standardisation (CEN) shall be used as the test methods
for demonstrating the conformity of articles to paragraphs 1
and 2.
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