Commission Directive 2009/161/EU of 17 December 2009 establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 2009/161/EU
• Articles: 7

Article 1

In implementation of Directive 98/24/EC, a third list of Community indicative occupational exposure limit values is hereby established for the chemical agents listed in the Annex.

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 2000/39/EC the reference to phenol is deleted.

Article 4

1.   Member States shall bring into force the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions to comply with this Directive by 18 December 2011 at the latest.

They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between the 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 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 6

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

CAS  ( 1 )

NAME OF AGENT

LIMIT VALUES

Notation  ( 2 )

8 hours  ( 3 )

Short term  ( 4 )

mg/m 3

( 5 )

ppm  ( 6 )

mg/m 3

ppm

68-12-2

N,N Dimethylformamide

15

5

30

10

skin

75-15-0

Carbon disulphide

15

5

—

—

skin

80-05-7

Bisphenol A (inhalable dust)

10

—

—

—

—

80-62-6

Methyl methacrylate

—

50

—

100

—

96-33-3

Methylacrylate

18

5

36

10

—

108-05-4

Vinyl acetate

17,6

5

35,2

10

—

108-95-2

Phenol

8

2

16

4

skin

109-86-4

2-Methoxyethanol

—

1

—

—

skin

110-49-6

2-Methyoxyethyl acetate

—

1

—

—

skin

110-80-5

2-Ethoxy ethanol

8

2

—

—

skin

111-15-9

2-Ethoxyethyl acetate

11

2

—

—

skin

123-91-1

1,4 Dioxane

73

20

—

—

—

140-88-5

Ethylacrylate

21

5

42

10

—

624-83-9

Methylisocyanate

—

—

—

0,02

—

872-50-4

n-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone

40

10

80

20

skin

1634-04-4

Tertiary-butyl-methyl ether

183,5

50

367

100

—

Mercury and divalent inorganic mercury compounds including mercuric oxide and mercuric chloride (measured as mercury)  ( 7 )

0,02

—

—

—

—

7664-93-9

Sulphuric acid (mist)  ( 8 )

( 9 )

0,05

—

—

—

—

7783-06-4

Hydrogen sulphide

7

5

14

10

—

( 1 )   CAS: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.

( 2 )   A skin notation assigned to the occupational exposure limit value indicates the possibility of significant uptake through the skin.

( 3 )   Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of 8 hours time-weighted average (TWA).

( 4 )   Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified.

( 5 )   mg/m 3 : milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 KPa.

( 6 )   ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ).

( 7 )   During exposure monitoring for mercury and its divalent inorganic compounds, account should be taken of relevant biological monitoring techniques that complement the IOELV.

( 8 )   When selecting an appropriate exposure monitoring method, account should be taken of potential limitations and interferences that may arise in the presence of other sulphur compounds.

( 9 )   The mist is defined as the thoracic fraction.