The Working Party on Chemicals developed the present guidance for employers concerning the interface between the Chemical Agents Directive (CAD) and REACH. This 16 page document, which was first published in 2010, sets out, step by step, what employers need to do to meet the obligations of REACH...
Vystavenie chemickým látkam a chemická bezpečnosť
There is pair of publication produced for the European Commission regarding nanomaterials at work: - The purpose of the " Guidance on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the potential risks related to nanomaterials at work " is to assist employers, health and safety...
The guidelines presented in the document are based on the evaluation of the existing regulations in selected EU Member States and Turkey. The target groups are employees and employers of companies focusing on the removal of asbestos products as well as other businesses coming into random contact...
This report presents the efforts undertaken and the results achieved in a study on the practical implementation of substituting chemicals at workplaces across the EU. The focus is on substitution as a risk management measure to reduce risks to workers’ health and safety resulting from chemicals at...
Guidance documents aim at facilitating the implementation of REACH by describing good practice on how to fulfil the obligations. Understanding REACH REACH, which stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, entered into force on 1 June 2007 and applies to all (...
The CLP Regulation ensures that the hazards presented by chemicals are clearly communicated to workers and consumers in the European Union through classification and labelling of chemicals. Processes In most of the cases, suppliers need to decide on the classification of a substance or mixture...
The practical guide provides information on the identification of asbestos and asbestos products and raises awareness of the asbestos presence. It describes good practice on asbestos removal (e.g. dust suppression, enclosure and protective equipment) and handling asbestos-cement products and waste...
Directive 98/24/EC sets out minimum standards on health and safety for those working with chemical agents. Aiming to facilitate compliance in the EU Member States, this book outlines practical guidelines on how to implement the rules. The 250 pages guideline provides practical tools on: how to...
The Agreement aims at protection of health of Employees and other individuals occupationally exposed at the workplace to Respirable crystalline silica from materials/products/raw materials containing crystalline silica. minimisation of exposure to Respirable crystalline silica at the workplace by...
The present Communication reflects on the commitment of the European Commission to review EU legislation in relevant sectors in order to ensure that all applications and use of nanosciences and nanotechnologies must comply with the high level of public health, safety, consumers and workers...
This Commission staff working document provides a description of elements of selected EU legislation that seems most relevant and likely to apply to nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. It served as a basis for the conclusions presented in the Commission Communication on Regulatory Aspects of...