The present Ordinance enforces the Chemicals Act. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to penalties to be paid for actions contrary, inter alia, to the following EU- directives: Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC of 29 April 2004 ; Regulation (EC) No. 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases of 17 May 2006 ; Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency of 18 December 2006 ; Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures of 16 December 2008. The text consists of 13 articles divided into 6 Parts.