{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-6.2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-hazard-information-and-packaging-for-supply-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6.2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6.2",
  "heading": "Gaseous preparations",
  "text": "For gases which produce such effects and for which specific concentration limits do not yet appear in Table 3.2 of part 3 of Annex VI of the CLP Regulation, concentration limits laid down in Table VIA, expressed as a volume/volume percentage, shall determine, where appropriate, the classification of the preparation.\nThe following symbol and risk phrases are assigned:\nCarcinogenic categories 1 and 2:\nT; R45 or R49\nCarcinogenic category 3:\nXn; R40\nMutagenic categories 1 and 2:\nT; R46\nMutagenic category 3:\nXn R68\nToxic for reproduction fertility categories 1 and 2:\nT; R60\nToxic for reproduction development categories 1 and 2:\nT; R61\nToxic for reproduction fertility category 3:\nXn; R62\nToxic for reproduction development category 3:\nXn; R63\nTable VIA\nClassification of the substance (gas)\nClassification of the gaseous preparation\nCategories 1 and 2\nCategory 3\nIn cases where the preparation is assigned R49 and R40, both R phrases shall be kept, because R40 does not distinguish between the exposure routes, whereas R49 is only assigned for the inhalation route.\nR68 here refers to substances classified as mutagenic. Concentration limits for substances required to be labelled R68 but classified as harmful are given in Table IIA.\ncarcinogenic substances of category 1 or 2 with R45 or R49\nconcentration ≥ 0.1% carcinogenic R45, R49 obligatory as appropriate\ncarcinogenic substances of category 3 with R40\nconcentration ≥ 1% carcinogenic R40 obligatory (unless already assigned R45)\nmutagenic substances of category 1 or 2 with R46\nconcentration ≥ 0.1% mutagenic R46 obligatory\nmutagenic substances of category 3 with R68\nconcentration ≥ 1% mutagenic R68 obligatory (unless already assigned R46)\nsubstances “toxic for reproduction” of category 1 or 2 with R60 (fertility)\nconcentration ≥ 0.2% toxic for reproduction (fertility) R60 obligatory\nsubstances “toxic for reproduction” of category 3 with R62 (fertility)\nconcentration ≥ 1% toxic for reproduction (fertility) R62 obligatory (unless already assigned R60)\nsubstances “toxic for reproduction” of category 1 or 2 with R61 (development)\nconcentration ≥ 0.2% toxic for reproduction (development) R61 obligatory\nsubstances “toxic for reproduction” of category 3 with R63 (development)\nconcentration ≥ 1% toxic for reproduction (development) R63 obligatory (unless already assigned R61)",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In cases where the preparation is assigned R49 and R40, both R phrases shall be kept, because R40 does not distinguish between the exposure routes, whereas R49 is only assigned for the inhalation route."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "R68 here refers to substances classified as mutagenic. Concentration limits for substances required to be labelled R68 but classified as harmful are given in Table IIA."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/273/schedule/3/paragraph/6.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:58.260103+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}