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      <P class=3Dheader><SPAN class=3Dcapital>R</SPAN>egulatory <SPAN=20
      class=3Dcapital>A</SPAN>ffairs <SPAN =
class=3Dcapital>P</SPAN>roduct=20
      Stewardship<SPAN class=3Dcapital>I</SPAN>nformation / =
Certification <SPAN=20
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<BR>(<B=20
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      <H1><I>Hostalen</I> ACP 5831 D </H1>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Product Manufacturer</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product is manufactured by Basell Europe.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Chemical Inventories</P>
      <P class=3D"">All ingredients in this product are in compliance =
with the=20
      following chemical inventories:</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>United States: Toxics Substances Control Act =
Inventory=20
      (TSCA)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Canada: Domestic Substances List (DSL)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Europe: European Inventory of Existing Chemical =
Substances=20
      (EINECS)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Australia: Australian Inventory of Chemical =
Substances=20
      (AICS)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Korea: Korean Existing Chemicals List (KECL)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Japan: Japanese Inventory (ENCS)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>The Philippines: Philippines Inventory of Chemicals =
and=20
      Chemical Substances (PICCS)</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>This product has no special requirements under US =
TSCA (e.g.=20
      consent orders, test rules, 12(b) requirements, etc.).</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Food Contact</P>
      <P class=3D"">European Union (EU) Food Contact<BR></P>
      <P class=3Dsub>The composition of this product complies with the =
following=20
      Legislations, Recommendations or Communications for the production =
of food=20
      packaging.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>AUSTRIA: "K.V.O." N.775, 23/09/1994 as amended =
at last by=20
      BGBl 1.8.2005 - Teil. II - n.242</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>BELGIUM: "Arrete royal du 10 decembre 2002 =
(amending=20
      Arrete royal du 11 mai 1992).</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>DENMARK: Foededirektorates Bekendtgorelse N. 111 =

      (20/02/2003).</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>FINLAND: "KTM", Paatos 953/2002 of =
12.11.2002.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>FRANCE: "Materiaux au contact des aliments et de =
denre=20
      destine a l'alimentation humaine" Brochure n.1227 edition Janvier =
1994 as=20
      updated. <BR>Arrete du 14 Septembre 1992 (as modified at last by =
Arrete=20
      02/01/2003).<BR></P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>GERMANY:</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>Bedarfsgegenstandeverordnung- 7 April 2003 </P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>BfR is no longer applicable for this resin</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>GREECE: AXE Decision n.458/2002</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>IRELAND: Statutory Instruments N.542 of =
2002.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>ITALY: "Decreto Ministeriale del 21/03/1973" =
amended on=20
      26/4/1993 : D.M. N.220 and following updates (last update: D.M. =
N.123 of=20
      28/03/2003).</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>LUXEMBOURG: "Reglement Grand-Ducal" du =
27/01/2001.<BR></P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>NORWAY: "Kongelig resolusjon" of 11 March 1976 =
and updated=20
      21/12/1993.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>PORTUGAL: "Decreto Lei" N.4/2003 of 10/01/2003 =
and=20
      following Corrigendum n=BA 1-P/2003 of 28/2/2003.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>SPAIN: Resolucion de 04/11/1982 amended by Real =
Decreto=20
      442/2001.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>SWEDEN: Food regulation SLV FS 1993:18 as =
updated by SLV=20
      FS 2003:2.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>THE NETHERLANDS: " Staatscourant n.67 of =
4.04.2003.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>UNITED KINGDOM: "Plastics for food contact =
applications"=20
      Revised Ed.1986. Statutory Instruments, 1998/1376 and followings =
updates=20
      (last update: S.I. 2005/325).</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>SWITZERLAND: KsV, 26 June 1995 as modified by =
KsV,=20
      30/01/1998.</P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>CZECH REPUBLIC: Regulation of the Ministry of =
Health=20
      N.38/2001</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>The monomers used to produce the resin are listed =
in EU=20
      Directive 2002/72/EC and amendments.<BR>The additives used to =
produce the=20
      resin are listed in EU Directive 2002/72/EC and amendments or in =
the=20
      relevant national legislations. </P>
      <P class=3DsubSub>No dual use additives subject to a restriction =
in food are=20
      used to produce this resin. </P>
      <P class=3Dsub>There are NO SMLs specified by the regulations for =
the=20
      components (monomers/additives) of this resin. </P>
      <P class=3Dsub>EU Directive 2002/72/EC and amendments, which =
applies to all=20
      EU Member States, specifies 10 mg/dm2 as the maximum overall =
migration=20
      from finished plastic food contact articles. This is the =
responsibility of=20
      the converter.</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>In accordance with EU Directive 2002/72/EC and =
amendments the=20
      migration should be measured using the actual foodstuff or the =
appropriate=20
      food simulants at the real time/temperature conditions of use, =
according=20
      to the rules specified in EU Directives 97/48/EC (amending =
82/711/EC) and=20
      85/572/EC.</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>We remind you that the users must verify that the =
finished=20
      items, manufactured according to good technology practice, must =
not modify=20
      the organoleptic properties of the food.</P>
      <P class=3D"">US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) </P>
      <P class=3Dsub>The base resin in this product meets the FDA =
requirements=20
      contained in the Code of Federal Regulations in 21 CFR =
177.1520(a)(3)(i)=20
      and (c) (3.1a)(3.2a). According to our information, all other =
ingredients=20
      used in this product meet the requirements of their respective FDA =

      regulations and 21 CFR 177.1520(b). This product meets the FDA =
criteria in=20
      21 CFR 177.1520 for food contact applications, including cooking, =
listed=20
      under conditions of use A through H in 21 CFR 176.170(c), Table 2 =
and can=20
      be used in contact with all food types as listed in 21 CFR =
176.170(c),=20
      Table 1.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Tallow</P>
      <P class=3D"">Tallow derived additives may be used in the =
manufacture of=20
      this product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy=20
      (BSE)/Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)/"Mad Cow"</P>
      <P class=3D"">STATEMENT ON THE USE OF TALLOW DERIVATIVES FOR FOOD =
CONTACT=20
      PLASTICS ( AS AGREED UPON BY APME MEMBER COMPANIES) </P>
      <P class=3Dsub>The concerns relative to BSE/TSE in the context of =
plastics=20
      materials used in contact with food are linked to the use of =
additives of=20
      animal origin: tallow derivatives. These products (fatty acids, =
fatty=20
      alcohols, metallic soaps, fatty amines, fatty amides, fatty acid =
esters,=20
      glycerine) are incorporated into plastics as lubricants, slip =
agents,=20
      anti-static agents as well as emulsifiers, anti-oxidants or =
corrosion=20
      inhibitors. They are primarily extracted from tissues of ovine or =
bovine=20
      origin. The tallow derivatives used for the production of our =
plastics=20
      materials undergo a series of severe process steps during =
manufacture:</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Normally, pre-treatment of tallow and/or animal fat =
with=20
      strong acids <BR></P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Hydrolytic cleavage at temperatures above 200 C, =
under=20
      pressure, for more than 20 minutes, yielding glycerine and fatty =
acids</P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Transesterification of the fatty acids with =
methanol at=20
      temperatures above 200 C, under pressure, for more than 20 =
minutes,=20
      yielding fatty acid methyl ester <BR></P>
      <P class=3Dsub>Reduction of fatty acid methyl esters with hydrogen =
at=20
      temperatures above 200 C, under high pressure, for more than 20 =
minutes,=20
      yielding fatty alcohols </P>
      <P class=3Dsub>According to the revised opinion of the EU =
Scientific=20
      Steering Committee on the Safety of Tallow (June 2001) and the=20
      recommendation for inactivation of TSE included (among others) in =
the=20
      Commission Directive 2000/6/EC, in the updated report of APAG of =
April=20
      2001 and also in the Regulation (EC) N.1774/2002, the =
above-mentioned=20
      treatments do ensure a complete inactivation of any TSE/BSE agent=20
      regardless of the source and type of material. The additional =
exposure of=20
      the plastic materials to temperatures ranging from 150 deg. C to =
300 deg.=20
      C during 30 seconds up to several minutes, both at the compounding =
step=20
      and in the final conversion process, represents an additional =
safety=20
      factor ensuring the complete protection of people's health in =
respect of=20
      TSE/BSE for plastic materials used in contact with food. =
<BR><BR>The=20
      tallow derived raw materials used in this product fulfill the =
requirements=20
      laid down in the Note for Guidance, EMEA/410/01, part 6.4 (Tallow=20
      Derivatives).<BR>Our suppliers declare that the tallow derivatives =
are=20
      Category 3 materials and are manufactured under the conditions =
given in=20
      the aforementioned Note for Guidance. </P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Kosher</P>
      <P class=3D"">We do not certify our resins to be Kosher or in =
compliance=20
      with Kosher requirements.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Drug Master File (DMF)</P>
      <P class=3D"">Information on this product is not listed in a =
DMF.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>US Pharmacopeia (USP)</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product has not been tested for USP Class =
VI.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Latex</P>
      <P class=3D"">"Natural rubber latex", "dry natural rubber", =
"synthetic=20
      latex" or "rubber that contains natural rubber" are not used in =
the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Heavy metals (ELV Directive =
2000/53/EC)</P>
      <P class=3D"">The quantity (statistically evaluated) of Cd, Pb, =
Cr, Hg=20
      present in this grade is deemed below the limitis given in Annex =
II (Note)=20
      of the Decision 2002/525/EC of June 27th (amending Annex II of =
Directive=20
      2000/53) which establishes:<BR>0.1% Lead<BR>0.1% Chromium<BR>0.1%=20
      Mercury<BR>0.01% Cadmium</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Coalition of Northeastern Governors =
(CONEG)</P>
      <P class=3D"">Cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury are not used in =
the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. In addition, =
this=20
      product meets the CONEG requirements of less than 100 ppm for =
total=20
      incidental cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury. </P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>European Union (EU) Directive - Packaging =
and=20
      Packaging Waste - 94/62/EC (as amended)</P>
      <P class=3D"">Cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury are not used in =
the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. This product =
meets the=20
      year 2001 requirements of less than 100 ppm for total incidental =
cadmium,=20
      chromium, lead and mercury. In addition, this product has the =
potential to=20
      be recycled according to these requirements.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>California's Safe Drinking Water and =
Toxic=20
      Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65)</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product presents "no significant risk" to the =
people of=20
      California. This product contains no substances known to the State =
of=20
      California to cause reproductive toxicity at a level of exposure =
subject=20
      to the requirements of Proposition 65.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) and =
Butylated=20
      Hydroxyanisole (BHA)</P>
      <P class=3D"">BHT and BHA are not used in the manufacture of or =
formulation=20
      of this product. However, this product has not been tested for =
these=20
      chemical substances.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Ozone Depleting Chemicals (ODCs)</P>
      <P class=3D"">Class I and Class II ODCs listed in the Resolution=20
      2037/2000/EC are not used in the manufacture of or formulation of =
this=20
      product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Toys</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product complies with the requirements in CEN =
Standard=20
      EN71.3.</P>
      <P class=3D"">The phthalates listed in article 1 of Decision =
1999/815/EC are=20
      not intentionally added in the manufacture of or the formulation =
of this=20
      product. The phthalates are di-iso-nonyl phthalate(DINP),=20
      di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), di-n-butyl phthalate(DBP), =
di-iso-decyl=20
      phthalate(DIDP), di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP) and butylbenzyl=20
      phthalate(BBP).</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Phthalates</P>
      <P class=3D"">The phthalates listed in Italian Ministry of Health =
Decree=20
      no538, dated December 17, 1999, are not intentionally added in the =

      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. The phthalates =
are=20
      di-iso-nonyl phthalate(DINP), di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate(DEHP), =
di-n-butyl=20
      phthalate(DBP), di-iso-decyl phthalate(DIDP), butylbenzyl =
phthalate(BBP),=20
      di-iso-octyl phthalate(DIOP), di-ethyl phthalate(DEP), =
di-cyclo-hexyl=20
      phthalate(DCHP), di-methyl-cyclo-hexyl phthalate(DMCHP) and=20
      di-methoxy-ethyl phthalate(DMEP). <BR></P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Acrylamide</P>
      <P class=3D"">Acrylamide (CAS number 79-06-1) is not used in the =
manufacture=20
      of or the formulation of this product. However, we do not test =
this=20
      product for acrylamide.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Aromatic Amines</P>
      <P class=3D"">Aromatic amines are not used in the manufacture of =
or=20
      formulation of this product. However, this product has not been =
tested for=20
      these chemical substances.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Asbestos</P>
      <P class=3D"">Asbestos is not used in the manufacture of or =
formulation of=20
      this product. However, this product has not been tested for this =
chemical=20
      substance.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Bisphenol A</P>
      <P class=3D"">Bisphenol A is not used in the manufacture of or the =

      formulation of this product. However, this product has not been =
tested for=20
      this chemical substance.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Dioxin</P>
      <P class=3D"">Dioxin is not used in the manufacture of or =
formulation of=20
      this product. Dioxin is not known to be formed during processing =
of this=20
      product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Epichlorohydrin</P>
      <P class=3D"">Epichlorohydrin (CAS number 106-89-8) is not used in =
the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. However, we do =
not test=20
      this product for epichlorohydrin.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Nonylphenol</P>
      <P class=3D"">Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol etoxylate are not used =
in the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. However, this =
product=20
      has not been tested for these chemical substances.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Organo-tin Compounds</P>
      <P class=3D"">Tributyl-tin (TBT), dibutyl-tin (DBT), monobutyl-tin =
(MBT) or=20
      any other organo-tin compounds are not used in the manufacture of =
or the=20
      formulation of this product. </P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), =
Polybrominated=20
      Biphenyls (PBBs), Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs), =
Polybrominated=20
      Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Polybrominated Terphenyls (PBTs) </P>
      <P class=3D"">Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated =
biphenyls=20
      (PBBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), polybrominated diphenyl =
ethers=20
      (PBDEs) and polybrominated terphenyls (PBTs) are not used in the=20
      manufacture of or formulation of this product. However, this =
product has=20
      not been tested for these chemical substances.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Vinyl Chloride</P>
      <P class=3D"">Vinyl chloride (CAS number 75-01-4) is not used in =
the=20
      manufacture of or the formulation of this product. However, we do =
not test=20
      this product for vinyl chloride.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>BADGE/NODGE/BFDGE</P>
      <P class=3D"">BADGE, NODGE and BFDGE are not used in the =
manufacture of or=20
      the formulation of this product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Epoxy Resins - Directive 2002/16/EC( as=20
amended)</P>
      <P class=3D"">Epoxy resins are not used in the manufacture of or =
the=20
      formulation of this product.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Switzerland "VOC-LENKUNGSABGABE"</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product contains less than 3% VOC's of the =
substances in=20
      the positive lists of the above Regulations.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Composting - CEN Standard prEN 13432</P>
      <P class=3D"">This product is not suitable for composting.</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Energy Recovery - CEN Standard prEN =
13431</P>
      <P class=3D"">The calorific gain from polyethylene in an energy =
recovery=20
      process is 22 MJ/Kg</P>
      <P class=3DboldUnderline>Ultimately customers must make their own=20
      determination that their use of our product is safe, lawful =
(except as=20
      provided in the above certifications) and technically suitable in =
their=20
      intended applications.<BR>This certificate shall continue in =
effect for 1=20
      year from its effective date unless it is modified =
before.If,during such 1=20
      year period,Basell changes the product formulation such that the =
RAPIDS is=20
      no longer accurate, Basell will notify you ( normally by =
e-mail).Basell=20
      shall not notify you in case changes in the regulations =
occur.<BR>Basell=20
      recommends that customers continuing to use our product verify =
status=20
      frequently and at least every year from the issue date of the=20
      RAPIDS.<BR><BR></P>
      <P>&nbsp;</P>
      <P>Certified for Basell by: </P>
      <P><IMG=20
      =
src=3D"http://www.basell.com/static/images/branding/basell/pdb/446.gif"=20
      border=3D0><BR>Patrizia Busi <BR>Regulatory Affairs Manager -=20
      Europe<BR>Centro Ricerche "G.Natta"<BR>P.le Donegani,12<BR>44100 - =
Ferrara=20
      ( I )<BR>Phone: +39- 0532-468653<BR>Fax : =
+39-0532-776726<BR>E-mail: <A=20
      =
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