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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-37/annex-III/division-A",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/37",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-37",
  "path": "annex/III/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "LIMIT VALUES FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE",
  "text": "EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.\nCAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.\nMeasured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA).\nShort-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.\nmg/m 3 milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure).\nppm parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ).\nf/ml fibres per millilitre.\nInhalable fraction: if hardwood dusts are mixed with other wood dusts, the limit value shall apply to all wood dusts present in that mixture.\nRespirable fraction.\nSubstantial contribution to the total body burden via dermal exposure possible.\nInhalable fraction.\nInhalable fraction. Respirable fraction in those Member States that implement, on the date of the entry into force of this Directive, a biomonitoring system with a biological limit value not exceeding 0,002 mg Cd/g creatinine in urine.\nThe substance can cause sensitisation of the skin and of the respiratory tract.\nThe substance can cause sensitisation of the skin.\nMeasured as elemental carbon.\nName of agent\nEC No\nCAS No\nLimit values\nNotation\nTransitional measures\n8 hours\nShort-term\nmg/m 3\nppm\nf/ml\nmg/m 3\nppm\nf/ml\nHardwood dusts\n—\n—\n2\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nLimit value 3 mg/m 3 until 17 January 2023\nChromium (VI) compounds which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a)\n(as chromium)\n—\n—\n0,005\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nLimit value 0,010 mg/m 3 until 17 January 2025\nLimit value: 0,025 mg/m 3 for welding or plasma cutting processes or similar work processes that generate fume until 17 January 2025\nRefractory ceramic fibres which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a)\n—\n—\n—\n—\n0,3\n—\n—\n—\n—\nRespirable crystalline silica dust\n—\n—\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nBenzene\n200-753-7\n71-43-2\n3,25\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\nVinyl chloride monomer\n200-831-0\n75-01-4\n2,6\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nEthylene oxide\n200-849-9\n75-21-8\n1,8\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\n1,2-Epoxypropane\n200-879-2\n75-56-9\n2,4\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nTrichloroethylene\n201-167-4\n79-01-6\n54,7\n10\n—\n164,1\n30\n—\nskin\nAcrylamide\n201-173-7\n79-06-1\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\n2-Nitropropane\n201-209-1\n79-46-9\n18\n5\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\no-Toluidine\n202-429-0\n95-53-4\n0,5\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\n4,4′-Methylenedianiline\n202-974-4\n101-77-9\n0,08\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\nEpichlorohydrine\n203-439-8\n106-89-8\n1,9\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\nEthylene dibromide\n203-444-5\n106-93-4\n0,8\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\n1,3-Butadiene\n203-450-8\n106-99-0\n2,2\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nEthylene dichloride\n203-458-1\n107-06-2\n8,2\n2\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\nHydrazine\n206-114-9\n302-01-2\n0,013\n0,01\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin\nBromoethylene\n209-800-6\n593-60-2\n4,4\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nDiesel engine exhaust emissions\n0,05\nThe limit value shall apply from 21 February 2023 . For underground mining and tunnel construction the limit value shall apply from 21 February 2026 .\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures, particularly those containing benzo[a]pyrene, which are carcinogens within the meaning of this Directive\nskin\nMineral oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine\nskin\nCadmium and its inorganic compounds\n—\n—\n0,001\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nLimit value 0,004 mg/m 3 until 11 July 2027\nBeryllium and inorganic beryllium compounds\n—\n—\n0,0002\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\ndermal and respiratory sensitisation\nLimit value 0,0006 mg/m 3 until 11 July 2026\nArsenic acid and its salts, as well as inorganic arsenic compounds\n—\n—\n0,01\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nFor the copper smelting sector, the limit value shall apply from 11 July 2023\nFormaldehyde\n200-001-8\n50-00-0\n0,37\n0,3\n—\n0,74\n0,6\n—\ndermal sensitisation\nLimit value of 0,62 mg/m 3 or 0,5 ppm for the health care, funeral and embalming sectors until 11 July 2024\n4,4′-Methylene-bis (2-chloroaniline)\n202-918-9\n101-14-4\n0,01\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\nskin",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive (EU) 2019/130 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive (EU) 2019/983 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (Official Journal of the European Union L 158 of 30 April 2004)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "mg/m 3 milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "ppm parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "f/ml fibres per millilitre."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Inhalable fraction: if hardwood dusts are mixed with other wood dusts, the limit value shall apply to all wood dusts present in that mixture."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Respirable fraction."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Substantial contribution to the total body burden via dermal exposure possible."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Measured as elemental carbon."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Inhalable fraction."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Inhalable fraction. Respirable fraction in those Member States that implement, on the date of the entry into force of this Directive, a biomonitoring system with a biological limit value not exceeding 0,002 mg Cd/g creatinine in urine."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "The substance can cause sensitisation of the skin and of the respiratory tract."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "The substance can cause sensitisation of the skin."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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