1. The product group of ‘indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes’ shall comprise indoor and outdoor decorative paints and varnishes, woodstains and related products intended for use by consumers and professional users falling under the scope of Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council(5).
2. The product group of ‘indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes’ shall comprise: floor coatings and floor paints; paint products which are tinted by distributors at the request of consumer (non-professional) or professional decorators, tinting systems, decorative paints in liquid or paste formulas which may have been pre-conditioned, tinted or prepared by the manufacturer to meet consumer's needs, including wood paints, wood and decking stains, masonry coatings and metal finishes primers and undercoats of such product systems as defined in Annex I to Directive 2004/42/CE.
3. The product group shall not comprise the following products:
(a) anti-fouling coatings;
(b) preservation products for wood impregnation;
(c) coatings for particular industrial and professional uses, including heavy-duty coatings;
(d) powder coatings;
(e) UV curable paint systems;
(f) paints primarily intended for vehicles;
(g) product which primary function is not to form a film over the substrate, e.g. oils and waxes;
(h) fillers as defined by EN ISO 4618;
(i) road-marking paints.
Article 2
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) ‘Paint’ means a pigmented coating material, supplied in a liquid paste or powder form, which, when applied to a substrate, forms an opaque film having protective, decorative or specific technical properties and after application dries to a solid, adherent and protective coating;
(2) ‘Varnish’ means a clear coating material which, when applied to a substrate forms a solid transparent film having protective, decorative or specific technical properties and after application dries to a solid, adherent and protective coating;
(3) ‘Decorative paints and varnishes’ means paints and varnishes that are applied in-situ to buildings, their trim and fittings, for decorative and protective purposes;
(4) ‘Lasure’ means coatings producing a transparent or semi-transparent film for decoration and protection of wood against weathering, which enables maintenance to be carried out easily;
(5) ‘Tinting system’ means a method for preparing coloured paints by mixing a ‘base’ with coloured tints;
(6) ‘Masonry coating’ means a coating that produce a decorative and protective film for use on concrete, paintable brickwork, blockwork, rendering, calcium silicate board or fibre-reinforced cement;
(7) ‘Binding primers’ means coatings designed to stabilise loose substrate particles or impact hydrophobic properties;
(8) ‘UV curable paint system’ means the hardening of coating materials by exposure to artificial ultra-violet radiation;
(9) ‘Powder coating’ means protective or decorative coating formed by the application of a coating powder to a substrate and fusion to give a continuous film;
(10) ‘In-can preservatives’ are products used for the preservation of manufactured products during storage by the control of microbial deterioration to ensure their shelf life;
(11) ‘Dry-film preservatives’ are products used for the preservation of films or coatings by the control of microbial deterioration or algal growth in order to protect the initial properties of the surface of materials or objects;
(12) ‘Anti-skinning substances’ are additives that are added to the coating materials to prevent skinning during production or storage of the coating material;