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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18/annex-I/part-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2012/18",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18",
  "path": "annex/I/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Categories of dangerous substances",
  "text": "This Part covers all dangerous substances falling under the hazard categories listed in Column 1:\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nHazard categories in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008\nQualifying quantity (tonnes) of dangerous substances as referred to in Article 3(10) for the application of\nLower-tier requirements\nUpper-tier requirements\nSection ‘H’ – HEALTH HAZARDS\nH1 ACUTE TOXIC Category 1, all exposure routes\n5\n20\nH2 ACUTE TOXIC\nCategory 2, all exposure routes\nCategory 3, inhalation exposure route (see note 7)\n50\n200\nH3 STOT SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY – SINGLE EXPOSURE\nSTOT SE Category 1\n50\n200\nSection ‘P’ – PHYSICAL HAZARDS\nP1a EXPLOSIVES (see note 8)\nUnstable explosives or\nExplosives, Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6, or\nSubstances or mixtures having explosive properties according to method A.14 of Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (see note 9) and do not belong to the hazard classes Organic peroxides or Self-reactive substances and mixtures\n10\n50\nP1b EXPLOSIVES (see note 8)\nExplosives, Division 1.4 (see note 10)\n50\n200\nP2 FLAMMABLE GASES\nFlammable gases, Category 1 or 2\n10\n50\nP3a FLAMMABLE AEROSOLS (see note 11.1)\n‘Flammable’ aerosols Category 1 or 2, containing flammable gases Category 1 or 2 or flammable liquids Category 1\n150 (net)\n500 (net)\nP3b FLAMMABLE AEROSOLS (see note 11.1)\n‘Flammable’ aerosols Category 1 or 2, not containing flammable gases Category 1 or 2 nor flammable liquids category 1 (see note 11.2)\n5 000(net)\n50 000(net)\nP4 OXIDISING GASES\nOxidising gases, Category 1\n50\n200\nP5a FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS\nFlammable liquids, Category 1, or\nFlammable liquids Category 2 or 3 maintained at a temperature above their boiling point, or\nOther liquids with a flash point ≤ 60 °C, maintained at a temperature above their boiling point (see note 12)\n10\n50\nP5b FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS\nFlammable liquids Category 2 or 3 where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure or high temperature, may create major-accident hazards, or\nOther liquids with a flash point ≤ 60 °C where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure or high temperature, may create major-accident hazards (see note 12)\n50\n200\nP5c FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS\nFlammable liquids, Categories 2 or 3 not covered by P5a and P5b\n5 000\n50 000\nP6a SELF-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES and ORGANIC PEROXIDES\nSelf-reactive substances and mixtures, Type A or B or organic peroxides, Type A or B\n10\n50\nP6b SELF-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES and ORGANIC PEROXIDES\nSelf-reactive substances and mixtures, Type C, D, E or F or organic peroxides, Type C, D, E, or F\n50\n200\nP7 PYROPHORIC LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS\nPyrophoric liquids, Category 1\nPyrophoric solids, Category 1\n50\n200\nP8 OXIDISING LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS\nOxidising Liquids, Category 1, 2 or 3, or\nOxidising Solids, Category 1, 2 or 3\n50\n200\nSection ‘E’ – ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS\nE1 Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment in Category Acute 1 or Chronic 1\n100\n200\nE2 Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment in Category Chronic 2\n200\n500\nSection ‘O’ – OTHER HAZARDS\nO1 Substances or mixtures with hazard statement EUH014\n100\n500\nO2 Substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, Category 1\n100\n500\nO3 Substances or mixtures with hazard statement EUH029\n50\n200",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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