GLOBALLY HARMONISED SYSTEM

Australia intends to adopt the Globally Harmonised System (GHS), and the NOHSC is responsible for coordinating efforts in Australia in implementing the GHS. Thus the elements... 

The Globally Harmonised System for classification and labelling will be implemented in many countries over the next few years. 

The basis is the new EU regulation on classification (EC 2008), which implements the GHS (Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals), see further in Bengtsson, this volume. 

Table 2.1 Hazard categories under the Globally Harmonised System [91]...

Figure 2.2 Pictograms for labelling hazardous chemicals [92] Reproduced with permission from Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chmeicals, UNECE. 2005, UNECE...

Developed, by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Cape Town, for the International Labour Office (ILO) Working Group on Hazard Communication as part of international efforts to promote a Global Harmonised System (GHS) for hazard communication. 

United Nations Globally Harmonised System 42 United Nations N.l test 53 Use descriptors 83... 

CHS Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals... 

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