Hazardous Substances Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 2004 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 74, 29 December 2004, pp. 3759-3806. Long titleOrdinance on the protection against hazardous substances. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Classification/declassification Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance is contained in article 1 of the Ordinance of 23 December 2004 (BGBl. I 3758) on the adaptation of the Hazardous Substance Ordinance to EC-directives. Its aim is to protect – by issuing regulations on their classification, marking and packaging – both human beings and the environment from harmful effects of hazardous substances. The text consists of 26 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: Sphere of application and definition of terms (I); Information on hazardous substances (II); General protective measures (III); Completing protective measures (IV); Ban and limitations (V); Implementation rules and final provisions (VI); Penalties (VII). Five Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.bmj.de References - Legislation Repeals Hazardous Substances Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 1993 (1999) Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Hazardous Substances Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2010 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Hazardous Substances Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2010 (2021) Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX