{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-161/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-161/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/161",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-161",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "CAS: 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 8 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/m3: milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 KPa.\nppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3).\nDuring exposure monitoring for mercury and its divalent inorganic compounds, account should be taken of relevant biological monitoring techniques that complement the IOELV.\nWhen 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.\nThe mist is defined as the thoracic fraction.\nCAS\nNAME OF AGENT\nLIMIT VALUES\nNotation\n8 hours\nShort term\nmg/m3\nppm\nmg/m3\nppm\n68-12-2\nN,N Dimethylformamide\n15\n5\n30\n10\nskin\n75-15-0\nCarbon disulphide\n15\n5\n—\n—\nskin\n80-62-6\nMethyl methacrylate\n—\n50\n—\n100\n—\n96-33-3\nMethylacrylate\n18\n5\n36\n10\n—\n108-05-4\nVinyl acetate\n17,6\n5\n35,2\n10\n—\n108-95-2\nPhenol\n8\n2\n16\n4\nskin\n109-86-4\n2-Methoxyethanol\n—\n1\n—\n—\nskin\n110-49-6\n2-Methyoxyethyl acetate\n—\n1\n—\n—\nskin\n110-80-5\n2-Ethoxy ethanol\n8\n2\n—\n—\nskin\n111-15-9\n2-Ethoxyethyl acetate\n11\n2\n—\n—\nskin\n123-91-1\n1,4 Dioxane\n73\n20\n—\n—\n—\n140-88-5\nEthylacrylate\n21\n5\n42\n10\n—\n624-83-9\nMethylisocyanate\n—\n—\n—\n0,02\n—\n872-50-4\nn-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone\n40\n10\n80\n20\nskin\n1634-04-4\nTertiary-butyl-methyl ether\n183,5\n50\n367\n100\n—\nMercury and divalent inorganic mercury compounds including mercuric oxide and mercuric chloride (measured as mercury)\n0,02\n—\n—\n—\n—\n7664-93-9\nSulphuric acid (mist)\n0,05\n—\n—\n—\n—\n7783-06-4\nHydrogen sulphide\n7\n5\n14\n10\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": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "CAS: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "A skin notation assigned to the occupational exposure limit value indicates the possibility of significant uptake through the skin."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of 8 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/m3: milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 KPa."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "During exposure monitoring for mercury and its divalent inorganic compounds, account should be taken of relevant biological monitoring techniques that complement the IOELV."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "The mist is defined as the thoracic fraction."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/161/annex",
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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."
}