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Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC
Scope
In implementation of Directive 98/24/EC, a fifth list of EU indicative occupational exposure limit values (IOELVs) are established for the chemical agents listed in the Annex (Article 1).
Exemptions
Not specified
Regulatory activities
EU Member States (MS) are required to establish national occupational exposure limit values for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the EU limit values (Article 2).
Relevant product types
Not applicable
Reference documents
Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) Commission Decision of 3 March 2014 on setting up a Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents and repealing Decision 95/320/EC Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions “Safer and Healthier Work for All - Modernisation of the EU Occupational Safety and Health Legislation and Policy”
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 EU member states
Format for industry submission
Not applicable
Owner
DG EMPL
Update process
Not specified
Amendments
Corrigendum to Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC
