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Risk assessment Evaluation and control of risks from Existing substances Reg. (EEC) Data reporting 

Risk Safety data sheets 91/155/EEC Hazard communication 

Commission Directive 67/548/EEC, last amended by Directive 2004/73/EC [1] established a harmonized system of classification, packaging, and labehng apphc-able to dangerous chemicals. This basic Directive has already been subject to nine amendments and 29 adaptahons to technical progress (ATPs). The most important amendments are the 6th Amendment [2] and the 7th Amendment [3], the most significant aspects of which are summarized in Table 23.3. 

Notification of new substances from 100 Kg upward Reduction of notifiable amounts of new substances to 10 kg 

Hazard evaluation of new and existing substances Risk assessment for new substances 

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In the European Union, coal-derived complex chemical substances, ie, those contained in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances, have been classified for carcinogenicity in the twenty-first adaptation to technical progress of the European Commission (EC) Dangerous Substances Directive 1994 67/548/EEC (57). The EC Regulation 793/93 requires data sets to be submitted by producers or importers to the... 

EC 21st Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/EEC (to be pubHshed). 

EEC Directive on the classification, etc. of dangerous substances 73/404/EEC Directive relating to detergents 75/439/EEC Directive on the disposal of waste oils... 

EC Directive adapting to technical progress 67/548/EEC dangerous substances... 

EC Directive amending Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws relating to the classification,... 

EC Directive adapting for the 26th time Directive 67/548/EEC on the classification, packaging and... 

Requirements for labelling of containers for supply may differ from those for conveyance. Key features of a supply label are to identify the substance (the chemical name in most cases) and any hazards and safety precuations. In Europe the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances is covered by Directive 67/548/EEC as amended. This requires labels to identify appropriate risk and safety phrases (Tables 12.2 and 12.3) depending upon product properties. A substance is considered dangerous if in Part lA of an approved list or if it exhibits hazardous properties as defined in Schedule 1 for supply, or Schedule 2 for conveyance as shown in Tables 12.4 and 12.5. Substances not tested should be labelled Caution — substance not yet fully tested . Criteria for risk phrases are provided, e.g. as in Table 12.6 for toxic compounds. 

Where necessary the manufacturer must carry out, or arrange for, safety testing. Many countries operate mandatory premanufacturing and premarketing notification schemes of which safety testing is the cornerstone. Within the European Community under Directive 67/548/EEC and its sixth amendment 79/831/EEC, Competent Authorities must be... 

Appendix 1 contains a number of references and links to chemical lists and resources to help identify chemicals of concern. In addition, it maybe useful to review the criteria used to classify substances via EU s Dangerous Substance Directive (67/548/EEC), Environment Canada s Ecological Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List, or Health Canada s Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List when establishing your organization s criteria for selecting chemicals of concern. 

Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Annex 1 of the directive assigns Risk Phrases to chemical substances. 

Commission Directive 93/67/EEC of 20 July 1993 laying down the principles for assessment of risks to man and the environment of substances notified in accordance with Council Directive 67/548/EEC. Official Journal 227, 08/09/1993, pp 0009-0018... 

EEC, Seventh Amendment to EEC Directive 67/548/EEC, "Directive on Classification, Packaging, and Labelling of Dangerous Substances," European Union Commission, Brussels, Belgium (June 5,1992). 

European Community (1992) Method for the determination of ecotoxicity, part C2. Acute toxicity for Daphnia (Directive 92/69/EEC, Annex V, 1992 adaptation to 67/548/ EEC). Off J Eur Commun L383 172-178... 

Council Directive 92/32/EEC (392), the Seventh Amendment of the Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD) (391), Council Directive 67/548/EEC, requires pre-marketing notification of new chemical substances. Notification ensures that sufficient information is available on the hazardous properties of new substances for labelling and risk assessment (see Section 14) which will ensure the necessary control measures are in place (67). 

The European Community s Dangerous Substances Directive, DSD (67/548/EEC), was originally adopted in 1967. It regulates the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Up until Spring 1992, six amendments have been adopted. A proposed seventh amendment appeared in February 1990, but it was not until April 1992 that it was finally adopted. The major differences between the requirements of the current directive and those which will apply once the seventh amendment is implemented are outlined. 

European Economic Community (EEC). (1979). Council Directive 67/548/EEC as amended by Directive 79/831 /EEC. Official Journal of the European Communities No. L259, 10. 

Preparations containing >0,5% lead chromate are required to be labelled according to EU Guideline 67/548/EEC (Annex I) as toxic (Symbol skull and crossbones) and beside others with the Risk phrases R 40 (limited evidence of carcinogenic effect), R 61 (may cause harm to the unborn child) and R 62 (possible risk of impaired fertility). 

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