Article 1
In implementation of Directive 98/24/EC, a second list of Community indicative occupational exposure limit values is hereby established for the chemical agents listed in the Annex.
Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Directives 91/322/EEC and 2000/39/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Directives 91/322/EEC and 2000/39/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
Member States shall establish national occupational exposure limit values for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the Community values.
Article 3
In the Annex to Directive 91/322/EEC the references to the substances nicotine, formic acid, methanol, acetonitrile, nitrobenzene, resorcinol, diethylamine, carbon dioxide, oxalic acid, cyanamide, diphosphorus pentaoxide, diphosphorus pentasulphide, bromine, phosphorus pentachloride, pyrethrum, barium (soluble compounds as Ba), silver (soluble compounds as Ag) and their indicative limit values are deleted. In the Annex to Directive 2000/39/EC, the reference to the substance chlorobenzene is deleted.
Article 4
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 18 months after the entry into force at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 5
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX INDICATIVE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES EINECS ( 1 ) CAS ( 2 ) Name of agent Limit values Notation ( 3 ) 8 hours ( 4 ) Short term ( 5 ) mg/m 3 ( 6 ) ppm ( 7 ) mg/m 3 ( 6 ) ppm ( 7 ) 200-193-3 54-11-5 Nicotine 0,5 — — — skin 200-579-1 64-18-6 Formic acid 9 5 — — — 200-659-6 67-56-1 Methanol 260 200 — — skin 200-830-5 75-00-3 Chloroethane 268 100 — — — 200-835-2 75-05-8 Acetonitrile 70 40 — — skin 201-142-8 78-78-4 Isopentane 3 000 1 000 — — — 202-716-0 98-95-3 Nitrobenzene 1 0,2 — — skin 203-585-2 108-46-3 Resorcinol 45 10 — — skin 203-625-9 108-88-3 Toluene 192 50 384 100 skin 203-628-5 108-90-7 Monochlorobenzene 23 5 70 15 — 203-692-4 109-66-0 Pentane 3 000 1 000 — — — 203-716-3 109-89-7 Diethylamine 15 5 30 10 — 203-777-6 110-54-3 n-Hexane 72 20 — — — 203-806-2 110-82-7 Cyclohexane 700 200 — — — 203-815-1 110-91-8 Morpholine 36 10 72 20 — 203-906-6 111-77-3 2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol 50,1 10 — — skin 203-961-6 112-34-5 2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethanol 67,5 10 101,2 15 — 204-696-9 124-38-9 Carbon dioxide 9 000 5 000 — — — 205-483-3 141-43-5 2-Aminoethanol 2,5 1 7,6 3 skin 205-634-3 144-62-7 Oxalic acid 1 — — — — 206-992-3 420-04-2 Cyanamide 1 0,58 — — skin 207-343-7 463-82-1 Neopentane 3 000 1 000 — — — 215-236-1 1314-56-3 Diphosphorus pentaoxide 1 — — — — 215-242-4 1314-80-3 Diphosphorus pentasulphide 1 — — — — 231-131-3 Silver (soluble compounds as Ag) 0,01 — — — — Barium (soluble compounds as Ba) 0,5 — — — — Chromium Metal, Inorganic Chromium (II) Compounds and Inorganic Chromium (III) Compounds (insoluble) 2 — — — — 231-714-2 7697-37-2 Nitric acid — — 2,6 1 — 231-778-1 7726-95-6 Bromine 0,7 0,1 — — — 231-959-5 7782-50-5 Chlorine — — 1,5 0,5 — 232-260-8 7803-51-2 Phosphine 0,14 0,1 0,28 0,2 — 8003-34-7 Pyrethrum (purified of sensitising lactones) 1 — — — — 233-060-3 10026-13-8 Phosphorus pentachloride 1 — — — — ( 1 ) EINECS: European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances. ( 2 ) CAS: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number. ( 3 ) A skin notation assigned to the occupational exposure limit value indicates the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. ( 4 ) Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours as a time-weighted average. ( 5 ) A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified. ( 6 ) mg/m 3 : milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa. ( 7 ) ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ).
Implementing measures in the Member States
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