Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work is based on Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work.
Member States shall establish national occupational exposure limit values for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the Community values.
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The Directive establishes occupational exposure limit values for a reference period of eight-hours time weighted average and also for a short term period of 15 minutes for the following 60 chemical agents:
| Diethylether Acetone Chloroform 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Ethylamine 1,1-Dichloroethane Phosgene Chlorodifluoromethane Butanone Propionic acid o-Xylene 1,2-Dichlorobenzene |
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Cumene 2-Phenylpropene Ethylbenzene e-Caprolactam Heptan-3-one p-Xylene Allyl alcohol Ethylene glycol 1-Methoxypropanol-2 4-Methylpentan-2-one m-Xylene |
2-Methoxy-1-methylethylacetate Mesitylene (Trimethylbenzenes) Cyclohexanone Tetrahydrofuran 5-Methylhexan-2-one Heptan-2-one Piperazine 2-Butoxyethanol 2-Butoxyethyl acetate Dimethylether 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Triethylamine |
Isopentylacetate Dimethylamine N,N-Dimethylacetamide n-Butylacrylate n-Heptane 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene 5-Methylheptan-3-one 1-Methylbutylacetate Pentylacetate 3-Pentylacetate Amylacetate Xylene |
Sulphotep Hydrogen fluoride Silver, metallic Hydrogen chloride Orthophosphoric acid Ammonia Fluorine Dihydrogen selenide Hydrogen bromide Sodium azide (2-Methoxymethylethoxy)-propanol Fluorides, inorganic |
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The limit value for chlorobenzene was repealed by Commission Directive 2006/15/EC.
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Limit value for phenol is repealed by, and new limit value is available in Commission Directive 2009/161/EU.
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Limit value for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene is repealed by, and new limit value is available in Commission Directive 2017/164/EU.
Read the full text of Directive 2000/39/EC
National laws implementing this Directive
There are further lists on indicative occupational exposure limit values:
- Commission Directive 91/322/EEC establishing indicative limit values
- Commission Directive 2006/15/EC establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values
- Commission Directive 2009/161/EU establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values
- Commission Directive 2017/164/EU establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values
- Commission Directive 2019/1831/EU establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values