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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-2398/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2017/2398",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2017/2398 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-2398",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ANNEX III\nLimit values and other directly related provisions (Article 16)\nA.\nLIMIT VALUES FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE\nEC 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, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.\nCAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.\nMeasured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours.\nmg/m3 = 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/m3).\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.\nName of agent\nEC No\nCAS No\nLimit values\nNotation\nTransitional measures\nmg/m3\nppm\nf/ml\nHardwood dusts\n—\n—\n2\n—\n—\n—\nLimit value 3 mg/m3 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—\nLimit value 0,010 mg/m3 until 17 January 2025\nLimit value: 0,025 mg/m3 for welding or plasma cutting processes or similar work processes that generate fume until 17 January 2025\nRefractory ceramic fibres\nwhich are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a)\n—\n—\n—\n—\n0,3\n—\nRespirable crystalline silica dust\n—\n—\n0,1\n—\n—\n—\nBenzene\n200-753-7\n71-43-2\n3,25\n1\n—\nskin\nVinyl chloride monomer\n200-831-0\n75-01-4\n2,6\n1\n—\n—\nEthylene oxide\n200-849-9\n75-21-8\n1,8\n1\n—\nskin\n1,2-Epoxypropane\n200-879-2\n75-56-9\n2,4\n1\n—\n—\nAcrylamide\n201-173-7\n79-06-1\n0,1\n—\n—\nskin\n2-Nitropropane\n201-209-1\n79-46-9\n18\n5\n—\n—\no-Toluidine\n202-429-0\n95-53-4\n0,5\n0,1\n—\nskin\n1,3-Butadiene\n203-450-8\n106-99-0\n2,2\n1\n—\n—\nHydrazine\n206-114-9\n302-01-2\n0,013\n0,01\n—\nskin\nBromoethylene\n209-800-6\n593-60-2\n4,4\n1\n—\n—\nB.\nOTHER DIRECTLY RELATED PROVISIONS\np.m.",
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    {
      "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, to 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "mg/m3 = milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "f/ml = fibres per millilitre."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "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": "f8",
      "text": "Respirable fraction."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Substantial contribution to the total body burden via dermal exposure possible."
    }
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