REACH derogation for hunting bullets EU

I just read the below on ‘cap and ball Facebook page’ so thought I’d share with you.

Just in, regarding the restriction of lead in ammuniton in the EU. All lead rifle bullets seem to be saved for hunting purposes as well. They are entirely excluded now from the amendement of the REACH regulation! Looks like the Commission understood the security and defence background of the question highlighted by organizations and the industry. From the published doument on the webpage of the EU Commission regarding lead rifle bullets for hunting: "following discussions with the Member States during the decision-making process, the Commission considers it appropriate and necessary to exclude bullets from the scope of the restriction to prevent any potential impact, however small, on the production of lead bullets. Limiting the scope of the restriction to lead gunshot will still ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment from exposure to lead. Based on the Agency’s estimates, the expected lead emission reduction from prohibiting the use of lead bullets for hunting and outdoor sports shooting is 8 232 tonnes over 20 years. This is much less than the expected lead emission reduction from prohibiting the placing on the market and use of lead gunshot, i.e. 558 000 tonnes over 20 years. Excluding bullets from the scope will therefore only have a minimal effect on the overall effectiveness of the restriction." So from now on the discussion is only about using lead shot in hunting and sport shooting.

Yet BASC in the UK can't even get an exemption for .243" for hunting let alone any of the other larger calibres? Never mind at least there's all those discounts on wine in the quarterly magazine to be had as a benefit so fill my glass up as who cares.

More BASC "bashing" or just in fact fair criticism of a body that continually talks the talk of being "the authoritative voice of shooting" yet fails abjectly to deliver on that boast. Let us see what comes about in the UK. Let us see indeed BASC.

The EU position needs to be pushed under the noses of every MP in any position to shape our legislation. Being arbitrarily out of step with Europe is a hostage to fortune - especially since the USA lost the plot.

Brexit Britain looks increasingly like a basket case in so many ways

Elshad said:

Brexit Britain looks increasingly like a basket case in so many ways

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Can I just remind that the EU attempted to screw us for more money when the pillock Mr Cameron was negotiating on our behalf which resulted in where we are now. I’m sure the EU has just as many issues as us, grass is always greener on the other side.
Simplistically at least we now only have a battalion of expense fiddling leeches of society to deal with as opposed to a whole brigade

Have a look at the February FACE report.
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Woodenbeam said:

Can I just remind that the EU attempted to screw us for more money when the pillock Mr Cameron was negotiating on our behalf which resulted in where we are now. I’m sure the EU has just as many issues as us, grass is always greener on the other side.
Simplistically at least we now only have a battalion of expense fiddling leeches of society to deal with as opposed to a whole brigade

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The grass was greener - a lot greener - but we are where we are, so let's at least not make a habit of cutting off our noses to spite our faces. If the EU goes in a direction we like, let's align. If it doesn't, we're free to differ.

Mr. Gain said:

The grass was greener - a lot greener - but we are where we are, so let's at least not make a habit of cutting off our noses to spite our faces. If the EU goes in a direction we like, let's align. If it doesn't, we're free to differ.

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Horse manure

Woodenbeam said:

Simplistically at least we now only have a battalion of expense fiddling leeches of society to deal with as opposed to a whole brigade

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well said

enfieldspares said:

Yet BASC in the UK can't even get an exemption for .243" for hunting let alone any of the other larger calibres? Never mind at least there's all those discounts on wine in the quarterly magazine to be had as a benefit so fill my glass up as who cares.

More BASC "bashing" or just in fact fair criticism of a body that continually talks the talk of being "the authoritative voice of shooting" yet fails abjectly to deliver on that boast. Let us see what comes about in the UK. Let us see indeed BASC.

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Sadly, having built the mountain of dodgy evidence, horse manure and lies that the reputations of BASC, GCWT, CA, BDS etc now sit atop, they are hardly in a position where they could maintain even the feintest shred of dignity if they were to reverse their position. I wonder if there should be a legal challenge against these organisations to prevent them telling Govt Ministers that they represent the shooting commooooni'ee. They don't. They represent a far smaller segment of our fraternity than they suggest and -in my opinion- have acted in direct opposition to the interests of shooting people and animal welfare in pushing a lead free agenda.
What we actually need is a body that is made up of proper shooting people who are up for a scrap, rather than these gong-hunters and mummy's boys that spend more time kissing backsides than shooting, and think that you win a game of poker by giving away your aces.
To these masters of mediocrity, compromise is a far more desirable aim than victory. They think they are playing the long game. They think they understand politics and that lead was a justifiable sacrifice - because anti-shooting voices, eagerly attended by an uneducated and an all-too-credulous audience had arbitrarily decided that lead in all its forms was universally "BAD". All they are doing is killing us by a thousand cuts and sleights of hand. They should be harassed at every show and at every opportunity. Marford Mill is little better than a bucket of rotten fish.

In what way are lead projectiles for military use less environmentally damaging than a.o.? Perhaps bearing in mind proportionality the whole lead projectile ban is entirely due to political expediency with little environmental benefit?