Chemical agents directive

Chemical agents Directive. Gives provisions on how to assess the risk from the handling of dangerous substances on the workplace in order to protect workers adequately (EU, 1998b). 

Companies would need to apply the substitution principle under the Chemical Agents Directive when selecting substances identified as meeting the criteria safe or permissible uses. 

Extending the substitution principle under the German Hazardous Substances Ordinance (i.e., the EC Chemical Agents Directive) to cover environmental risks. 

Italy - because it is a large and economically important southern European country with some unique regulatory features in its OHS system with interesting differences in approach to that of northmi Europe. It also had a traditional approach to exposure standards that was different to that required under the Chemical Agents Directive,... 

The Chemical Agents Directive 98/24/EC. The first comprehensive fi amework for Community legislation on chemicals in the woriqjlace was included in Coimcil Directive 80/1107/EEC, which set out measures for the control of risks due to chemical, ph ical d biological agents. It was amended in 1988 by the adoption of Directive 88/642/EEC that focused on the mechanism for setting exposure limits for hazardous chemicals. This directive repealoi on 5 May 2001 with... 

Since the central focus of this book is on the determination and use of OELs, arrangements at the level of the EU are clearly of particular interest. As noted above, directives such as the Chemical Agents Directive that have a special focus on risk management strategies for hazardous substances in relation to workplaces make provisions for OELs. To appreciate the significance of these provisions it is helpful to first outline the institutional development of approaches to these issues at the level of the EU. 

Current approaches and types of OELs> With the introduction of the Chemical Agents Directive in 1998, the concept of OELs changed. In Article 3, the Directive introduced ... 

In Annex II an overview on the transposition in each country of the main pieces of European legislation dealing with hazardous chemicals and workers protection is p ovided. In Aimex m, are found the names and the source of llie basic legtslation, trani sing the Framework Directive (89/391/EEC), the Chemical Agents Directive (98/24/EC), and the Carcinogen Directive (2004/37/EC) into national law in each country. A link to a web page where the most recent OEL list can be found is also provided (if existent). 

The transposition of Directive 98/24/EC (Chemical Agents Directive) into German national law. 

New limit value concepts from 1 January 2005. Since 1 January 2005, with the new Ordinance on Hazardous Substances coming into force, the former limit value concept (health-based MAK values and technically-based TRK values) underwent a fundamental change. The core piece of the new Ordinance on Hazardous Substances, which transposes the Chemical Agents Directive 98/24/EC into German law, is its risk assessment provisions which - based on specific occupations - will evaluate the physical-chemical risks arising from the various possible exposure routes. 

Legge 2 febbraio 2002, n.25 transposes the Chemical Agents Directive. 

Chemical Agents Directive 98/24 EC. It is intended to be integrated with D.Lgs 626 4 which pravides for the over-riding approach to regulating systematic health and safely management in Italy (in line with the requirements of the EU Framework Directive 89 91), of which managing chemical risks is seen as one part. 

In the field of chemicals and substances, only a few Guidelines exist For example, in 2005 a Guideline was adopted under the umbrella of the Chemical Agent Directive 98/24/EC [1-8]. 

As aheady mentioned above, in the meantime, because of the newly structured chemical legislation by the EU, the framework directive 80/1107/EEC is no longer in force. It was repealed by the EU chemical agents directive 98/24/EC in May 2001 [6-5]. Nevertheless, this does not mean that its minimum standards and requirements have been given up or lost, but instead they have been included in the second framework directive 89/391/EEC on occupational safety, in the just mentioned directive 98/24/EC, and in a few others. Several individual directives of 80/ 1107/EEC are still in force, for example the asbestos directive or directive 91/ 422/EEC ( 1st priority list of hmit values ). 

Note With the release of the chemical agents directive 98/24/EC in 1998, the essential parts and requirements of this lead directive have been implemented in the new directive. Therefore, when it came into force in May 2001 at the latest, the lead directive 82/605/EEC was repealed. The above-mentioned occupational exposure limits for lead in air (0.15 mg m ) and in blood (0.07 mg/100 mL blood) have been accepted without change and have been set as binding occupational exposure limits. They are listed in annexes I and II to the new chemical agents directive , which is still in force (see Section 6.3). 

Note According to article 13 of the chemical agents directive 98/24/EC, issued in 1998 and coming nationally into force in May 2001 at the latest, the asbestos directive will no longer refer to the 1st framework directive 80/1107/EEC, but to the newer 2nd framework directive 89/391/EEC, which is of importance in regard to future amendments. 

Section 1 of the chemical agents directive 98/24/EC provides several fundamental definitions of important terms ... 

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