Chemicals Ordinance 1999. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 81, 10 March 2000, pp. 345-440. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family on classification, packaging and labelling of hazardous substances. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Classification/declassification Packaging/labelling Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract An Ordinance to protect both the environment and human beings from hazardous substances. The text consists of 30 articles divided into 7 sections of which the most important ones are: Scope of application (I); Hazardous substances and their classification (II); Packaging of hazardous substances (III); General provisions on labelling (IV). Six Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Legislation | European Union | 1967 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Packaging/labelling, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ordinance amending the Chemicals Ordinance 1999. Legislation | Austria | 2007 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ordinance amending the Chemicals Ordinance 1999. Legislation | Austria | 2002 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ordinance amending the Chemicals Ordinance 1999. Legislation | Austria | 2008 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX