# Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 7: SECTION 7: Handling and storage

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This section of the safety data sheet shall provide advice on safe handling practices. It shall emphasise precautions that are appropriate to the identified uses referred to under subsection 1.2 and to the unique properties of the substance or mixture.
Information in this section of the safety data sheet shall relate to the protection of human health, safety and the environment. It shall assist the employer in devising suitable working procedures and organisational measures according to assimilated law that transposed Article 5 of Directive 98/24/EC and Article 5 of Directive 2004/37/EC.
Where a chemical safety report is required, the information in this section of the safety data sheet shall be consistent with the information given for the identified uses in the chemical safety report and the exposure scenarios showing control of risk from the chemical safety report set out in the annex to the safety data sheet.
In addition to information given in this section, relevant information may also be found in Section 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/annex/II/part/A/division/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/annex-II/part-A/division-7
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