Article 1
A fifth list of EU indicative occupational exposure limit values is established for the chemical agents listed in the Annex.
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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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 (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 EU limit values.
Article 3
In the Annex to Directive 2000/39/EC, the reference to cumene is deleted with effect from 20 May 2021.
Article 4
1. The Member States shall adopt and publish, by 20 May 2021 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and shall accompany their notification with one or more explanatory documents in the form of tables showing the correlation between the provisions and this Directive. When Member States adopt these 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 main national legal provisions 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 EC No ( 1 ) CAS No ( 2 ) Name of the chemical agent Limit values Notation ( 3 ) 8 hours ( 4 ) Short-term ( 5 ) mg/m 3 ( 6 ) ppm ( 7 ) mg/m 3 ( 6 ) ppm ( 7 ) 200-539-3 62-53-3 Aniline ( 8 ) 7,74 2 19,35 5 skin 200-817-4 74-87-3 Chloromethane 42 20 - - - 200-875-0 75-50-3 Trimethylamine 4,9 2 12,5 5 - 202-704-5 98-82-8 2-Phenylpropane (Cumene) ( 8 ) 50 10 250 50 skin 203-300-1 105-46-4 sec-Butyl acetate 241 50 723 150 - 203-403-1 106-49-0 4-aminotoluene 4,46 1 8,92 2 skin 203-745-1 110-19-0 Isobutyl acetate 241 50 723 150 - 204-633-5 123-51-3 Isoamyl alcohol 18 5 37 10 - 204-658-1 123-86-4 n-Butyl acetate 241 50 723 150 - 233-046-7 10025-87-3 Phosphoryl trichloride 0,064 0,01 0,12 0,02 - ( 1 ) EC No: European Community (EC) number, the European Union’s numerical identifier for substances. ( 2 ) CAS No: 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 time-weighted average (TWA). ( 5 ) Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value which must not be exceeded. The period to which it relates is 15 minutes, unless otherwise specified. ( 6 ) mg/m 3 : milligrams per cubic metre of air. For chemicals in gas or vapour phase, the limit value is expressed at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa. ( 7 ) ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ). ( 8 ) During exposure monitoring, account should be taken of relevant biological monitoring values as suggested by the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemicals Agents (SCOEL).
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