The Legislative Framework

This section focuses on the CERCLA that is a central part of the legislative framework for environmental protection. CERCLA is also known as Superfund. 

Toluene is used as a solvent for the application of surface coatings. The solvents evaporate as a result of the application, creating a problem with for the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The legislative framework for the emission of VOCs requires that the mass load of VOC emissions allowed to be released to atmosphere should be less than 60%... 

Rouesse J. Opinion of the French National Academy of Medicine on the legislative framework for the... 

Safety and Health Act 1994 provides the legislative framework to promote, stimulate and encourage high standards of safety and health of workers handling chemicals, including pesticides and hazardous wastes. 

McEvoy " reviewed the legislative framework controlling the use of veterinary medicines and zootechnical feed additives in the EU. From a contamination perspective, problem compounds include sulfonamides, tetracyclines, nitroimidazoles, nitrofurans, ionophore coccidiostats, and nicarbazin. The literature on each of these was reviewed and examples of interventions to minimize contamination were given. Examples of contaminants include naturally occurring and synthetic toxic enviromnental compounds (e.g. mycotoxins and dioxins) that may contaminate feed raw materials. Zootechnical feed additives and veterinary medicines may also contaminate unmedicated feeding stuffs due to carry over during feed production. Contaminated feed can cause deleterious health effects in the animals and, through secondary exposure of consumers to products derived from these animals, may be harmful to people. 

The legislative framework of the European Union is separated into a multi-tier system through which proposed regulations and changes in policy are discussed and debated. The European Parliament is made up of... 

Developments in the legislative framework concerning the safety of humans and the protection of the environment have been influenced by the advice from independent advisory committees. These committees are an important feature of the present system, providing expert advice not only to the HSC and HSE but also to Ministers including those in the Departments of Environment, Trade and Industry and Agriculture. Their importance cannot be underestimated. 

The Netherlands have not had their own national Pharmacopoeia, since 1993. Various other countries in Europe have retained their own national Pharmacopoeia. Examples are the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) [2] and the Deutsches Arzneibuch (DAB) [5, 6]. In these countries the national Pharmacopoeia is part of the legislative framework of pharmacy preparations. However, throughout Europe, the Ph. Eur. is the accepted standard and legally enforced. 

Chemicals and materials based on monomers from renewable resources are already providing opportunities today, and will definitely continue to do so in future. This will not merely involve replacing conventional plastics in individual application areas but also means that completely new ones will be developed. It is very uncertain how rapidly this can be realised and depends on multiple factors, e.g., the legislative framework conditions, price developments of raw materials and the general economic climate. 

The principal purpose of the legislation containing requirements for electrical safety is to reduce the number of injuries arising from the use of electricity. It is therefore important for both safety practitioners and people who work with electricity to have a good understanding of the type of injuries that can occur. This chapter sets out to explain the hazards so that later discussions on the legislative framework can be put into context. 

These Treaties provide the legislative framework for the secondary legislation , which consists mainly of directives, regulations and decisions. 

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