Legislative Decree No. 52 implementing Directive 92/32/EEC concerning the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 58, 11 March 1997. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Packaging/labelling Classification/declassification Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract In implementation of Directive 92/32/EEC, the present Legislative Decree makes provision applicable to the substances or preparations defined under article 2 with respect to: (a) notification; (b) assessment of potential risk to human beings and the environment of notified substances; (c) classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances for human beings and the environment. The Legislative Decree does not apply to the substances and preparations specified by article 1, paragraph 2, such as foodstuffs and feedingstuffs. Article 36 lays down penalties to be applied in case of infringement. Full text Italian Website www.parlamento.it References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 92/32/EEC amending for the seventh time Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Legislation | European Union | 1992 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Packaging/labelling, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX