{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-39/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-39/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2000/39",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-39",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "INDICATIVE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES\nEinecs: European inventory of existing chemical substances.\nCAS: Chemical abstract service registry number.\nA skin notation assigned to the OEL identifies the possibility of significant uptake through the skin.\nMeasured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight-hours time-weighted average.\nA limit value above which exposure should not occur and is related to a 15-minute period, unless otherwise specified.\nmg/m3: milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 KPa.\nppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3).\nEinecs\nCAS\nName of agent\nLimit values\nNotation\nEight hours\nShort-term\nmg/m3\nppm\nmg/m3\nppm\n200-467-2\n60-29-7\nDiethylether\n308\n100\n616\n200\n—\n200-662-2\n67-64-1\nAcetone\n1 210\n500\n—\n—\n—\n200-663-8\n67-66-3\nChloroform\n10\n2\n—\n—\nSkin\n200-756-3\n71-55-6\n1,1,1-Trichloroethane\n555\n100\n1 110\n200\n—\n200-834-7\n75-04-7\nEthylamine\n9,4\n5\n—\n—\n—\n200-863-5\n75-34-3\n1,1-Dichloroethane\n412\n100\n—\n—\nSkin\n200-870-3\n75-44-5\nPhosgene\n0,08\n0,02\n0,4\n0,1\n—\n200-871-9\n75-45-6\nChlorodifluoromethane\n3 600\n1 000\n—\n—\n—\n201-159-0\n78-93-3\nButanone\n600\n200\n900\n300\n—\n201-176-3\n79-09-4\nPropionic acid\n31\n10\n62\n20\n—\n202-422-2\n95-47-6\no-Xylene\n221\n50\n442\n100\nSkin\n202-425-9\n95-50-1\n1,2-Dichlorobenzene\n122\n20\n306\n50\nSkin\n202-436-9\n95-63-6\n1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene\n100\n20\n—\n—\n—\n202-704-5\n98-82-8\nCumene\n100\n20\n250\n50\nSkin\n202-705-0\n98-83-9\n2-Phenylpropene\n246\n50\n492\n100\n—\n202-849-4\n100-41-4\nEthylbenzene\n442\n100\n884\n200\nSkin\n203-313-2\n105-60-2\ne-Caprolactam, (dust and vapour)\n10\n—\n40\n—\n—\n203-388-1\n106-35-4\nHeptan-3-one\n95\n20\n—\n—\n—\n203-396-5\n106-42-3\np-Xylene\n221\n50\n442\n100\nSkin\n203-470-7\n107-18-6\nAllyl alcohol\n4,8\n2\n12,1\n5\nSkin\n203-473-3\n107-21-1\nEthylene glycol\n52\n20\n104\n40\nSkin\n203-539-1\n107-98-2\n1-Methoxypropanol-2\n375\n100\n568\n150\nSkin\n203-550-1\n108-10-1\n4-Methylpentan-2-one\n83\n20\n208\n50\n—\n203-576-3\n108-38-3\nm-Xylene\n221\n50\n442\n100\nSkin\n203-603-9\n108-65-6\n2-Methoxy-1-methylethylacetate\n275\n50\n550\n100\nSkin\n203-604-4\n108-67-8\nMesitylene (Trimethylbenzenes)\n100\n20\n—\n—\n—\n203-631-1\n108-94-1\nCyclohexanone\n40,8\n10\n81,6\n20\nSkin\n203-726-8\n109-99-9\nTetrahydrofuran\n150\n50\n300\n100\nSkin\n203-737-8\n110-12-3\n5-Methylhexan-2-one\n95\n20\n—\n—\n—\n203-767-1\n110-43-0\nHeptan-2-one\n238\n50\n475\n100\nSkin\n203-808-3\n110-85-0\nPiperazine\n0,1\n—\n0,3\n—\n—\n203-905-0\n111-76-2\n2-Butoxyethanol\n98\n20\n246\n50\nSkin\n203-933-3\n112-07-2\n2-Butoxyethyl acetate\n133\n20\n333\n50\nSkin\n204-065-8\n115-10-6\nDimethylether\n1 920\n1 000\n—\n—\n—\n204-428-0\n120-82-1\n1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene\n15,1\n2\n37,8\n5\nSkin\n204-469-4\n121-44-8\nTriethylamine\n8,4\n2\n12,6\n3\nSkin\n204-662-3\n123-92-2\nIsopentylacetate\n270\n50\n540\n100\n—\n204-697-4\n124-40-3\nDimethylamine\n3,8\n2\n9,4\n5\n—\n204-826-4\n127-19-5\nN,N-Dimethylacetamide\n36\n10\n72\n20\nSkin\n205-480-7\n141-32-2\nn-Butylacrylate\n11\n2\n53\n10\n—\n205-563-8\n142-82-5\nn-Heptane\n2 085\n500\n—\n—\n—\n208-394-8\n526-73-8\n1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene\n100\n20\n—\n—\n—\n208-793-7\n541-85-5\n5-Methylheptan-3-one\n53\n10\n107\n20\n—\n210-946-8\n626-38-0\n1-Methylbutylacetate\n270\n50\n540\n100\n—\n211-047-3\n628-63-7\nPentylacetate\n270\n50\n540\n100\n—\n620-11-1\n3-Pentylacetate\n270\n50\n540\n100\n—\n625-16-1\nAmylacetate, tert\n270\n50\n540\n100\n—\n215-535-7\n1330-20-7\nXylene, mixed isomers, pure\n221\n50\n442\n100\nSkin\n222-995-2\n3689-24-5\nSulphotep\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\nSkin\n231-634-8\n7664-39-3\nHydrogen fluoride\n1,5\n1,8\n2,5\n3\n—\n231-131-3\n7440-22-4\nSilver, metallic\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n231-595-7\n7647-01-0\nHydrogen chloride\n8\n5\n15\n10\n—\n231-633-2\n7664-38-2\nOrthophosphoric acid\n1\n—\n2\n—\n—\n231-635-3\n7664-41-7\nAmmonia, anhydrous\n14\n20\n36\n50\n—\n231-954-8\n7782-41-4\nFluorine\n1,58\n1\n3,16\n2\n—\n231-978-9\n7783-07-5\nDihydrogen selenide\n0,07\n0,02\n0,17\n0,05\n—\n233-113-0\n10035-10-6\nHydrogen bromide\n—\n—\n6,7\n2\n—\n247-852-1\n26628-22-8\nSodium azide\n0,1\n—\n0,3\n—\nSkin\n252-104-2\n34590-94-8\n(2-Methoxymethylethoxy)-propanol\n308\n50\n—\n—\nSkin\nFluorides, inorganic\n2,5\n—\n—\n—\n—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Einecs: European inventory of existing chemical substances."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "CAS: Chemical abstract service registry number."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "A skin notation assigned to the OEL identifies the possibility of significant uptake through the skin."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight-hours time-weighted average."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "A limit value above which exposure should not occur and is related to a 15-minute period, unless otherwise specified."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "mg/m3: milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 KPa."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/39/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:02.403392+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}