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Decree no. 402/2011 on classification of hazardous properties of chemical substances and preparations and packaging and labeling of dangerous chemical preparations.

Country/Territory
Czechia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Collection of Laws No. 402/2011.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Hazardous substances Packaging/labelling Classification/declassification Basic legislation
Geographical area
Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on 1 January 2012.
Abstract

This Decree, which is composed of ten articles and seven Annexes, lays down, in accordance with relevant European Union provisions on classification, packaging, and labelling of dangerous substances which are placed on the market: (a) general procedures for evaluating the hazardous properties of the chemical substances; (b) the calculation method of evaluation of the hazardous properties of preparations on the basis of properties dangerous and hazardous to the health and the environment; (c) other particulars on packaging of hazardous preparations intended for sale to the consumer; (d) preparations that may pose a specific risk to health or the environment (e) particulars on labeling hazardous preparations and preparations that may pose a specific risk to health or the environment; (f) warning symbols and labeling of hazardous physico-chemical properties and characteristics of preparations hazardous to health or the environment; (g) standard risk phrases for substances or preparations (R-phrases); (h) standard guidelines for safe handling of substances or preparations (S-phrases).

Full text
Czech
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www.zakonyprolidi.cz

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

Act no. 350/2011 on chemical substances and preparations.

Legislation | Czechia | 2011

Keyword: Basic legislation, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Packaging/labelling, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX