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OELs - Occupational Exposure Limits - 1st list

Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (Text with EEA relevance)

Scope

Community indicative occupational limit values are established for chemicals defined in the Annex (Art.1)

Exemptions

Not specified

Regulatory activities

Member States (MS) shall establish national occupational exposure limit values for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the Community values (Art. 2).

Relevant product types

No

Reference documents

No

Obligations based on CLP hazard class

Not specified

Obligations based on properties of concerns

Not specified

EU-level occupational exposure limits

Yes

EU-level emission limit values

No provision

Substance-centric data source(s) at the EU level

No

Industry submission system in place

No submission system at EU level; no information on how information is submitted in MS.

Format for industry submission

Not applicable

Owner

DG EMPL

Update process

Not specified

Amendments

Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 Commission Directive 2009/161/EU of 17 December 2009 Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019