{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-15/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-15/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/15",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-15",
  "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 occupational exposure limit value indicates the possibility of significant uptake through the skin.\nMeasured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours as a time-weighted average.\nA limit value above which exposure should not occur and which 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\n8 hours\nShort term\nmg/m3\nppm\nmg/m3\nppm\n200-193-3\n54-11-5\nNicotine\n0,5\n—\n—\n—\nskin\n200-579-1\n64-18-6\nFormic acid\n9\n5\n—\n—\n—\n200-659-6\n67-56-1\nMethanol\n260\n200\n—\n—\nskin\n200-830-5\n75-00-3\nChloroethane\n268\n100\n—\n—\n—\n200-835-2\n75-05-8\nAcetonitrile\n70\n40\n—\n—\nskin\n201-142-8\n78-78-4\nIsopentane\n3 000\n1 000\n—\n—\n—\n202-716-0\n98-95-3\nNitrobenzene\n1\n0,2\n—\n—\nskin\n203-585-2\n108-46-3\nResorcinol\n45\n10\n—\n—\nskin\n203-625-9\n108-88-3\nToluene\n192\n50\n384\n100\nskin\n203-628-5\n108-90-7\nMonochlorobenzene\n23\n5\n70\n15\n—\n203-692-4\n109-66-0\nPentane\n3 000\n1 000\n—\n—\n—\n203-716-3\n109-89-7\nDiethylamine\n15\n5\n30\n10\n—\n203-777-6\n110-54-3\nn-Hexane\n72\n20\n—\n—\n—\n203-806-2\n110-82-7\nCyclohexane\n700\n200\n—\n—\n—\n203-815-1\n110-91-8\nMorpholine\n36\n10\n72\n20\n—\n203-906-6\n111-77-3\n2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol\n50,1\n10\n—\n—\nskin\n203-961-6\n112-34-5\n2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethanol\n67,5\n10\n101,2\n15\n—\n204-696-9\n124-38-9\nCarbon dioxide\n9 000\n5 000\n—\n—\n—\n205-483-3\n141-43-5\n2-Aminoethanol\n2,5\n1\n7,6\n3\nskin\n205-634-3\n144-62-7\nOxalic acid\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n206-992-3\n420-04-2\nCyanamide\n1\n0,58\n—\n—\nskin\n207-343-7\n463-82-1\nNeopentane\n3 000\n1 000\n—\n—\n—\n215-236-1\n1314-56-3\nDiphosphorus pentaoxide\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n215-242-4\n1314-80-3\nDiphosphorus pentasulphide\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n231-131-3\nSilver (soluble compounds as Ag)\n0,01\n—\n—\n—\n—\nBarium (soluble compounds as Ba)\n0,5\n—\n—\n—\n—\nChromium Metal, Inorganic Chromium (II) Compounds and Inorganic Chromium (III) Compounds (insoluble)\n2\n—\n—\n—\n—\n231-714-2\n7697-37-2\nNitric acid\n—\n—\n2,6\n1\n—\n231-778-1\n7726-95-6\nBromine\n0,7\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\n231-959-5\n7782-50-5\nChlorine\n—\n—\n1,5\n0,5\n—\n232-260-8\n7803-51-2\nPhosphine\n0,14\n0,1\n0,28\n0,2\n—\n8003-34-7\nPyrethrum (purified of sensitising lactones)\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—\n233-060-3\n10026-13-8\nPhosphorus pentachloride\n1\n—\n—\n—\n—",
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    {
      "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 occupational exposure limit value indicates 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 as a time-weighted average."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which 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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/15/annex",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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