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Convention concerning Safety in the use of Chemicals at Work

Document type
Multilateral
Field of application
Global
Date
Jun 25, 1990
Source
IUCN (ID: TRE-144097)
Title (French)

Convention concernant la sécurité dans l’utilisation des produitd chimiques au travail

Title (Spanish)

Convenio sobre la seguridad en la utilización de los productos químicos en el trabajo

Title (Other)

Übereinkommen über Sicherheit bei der Verwendung chemischer Stoffe bei der Arbeit

Place of adoption
Geneva
Depository
ILO International Labour Organization
Language
English, French
Entry into force
Nov 4, 1993
Subject
Legal questions, Waste & hazardous substances
Abstract

Objectives: Enhancement of the existing legal framework for occupational safety, by regulating the management of chemicals in the workplace, with the broad purpose of protecting the environment and the public, and with the specific objective of protecting workers from harmful effects of chemicals. Summary of provisions: (a) Scope of the Convention: it applies to all branches of economic activity involving the use of chemicals, subject to exceptions approved by the most representative worker’s body in any State party (art. 1); (b) Definitions of terms, including “hazardous chemicals”, “branches of economic activity”, “workers”, “representatives” (art. 2); (c) Provisions regarding classification, labelling and marking of chemicals (arts. 6,7 and 8); (d) Imposition of specific obligations on suppliers of chemicals (art. 9), and on employers whose employee have to handle chemicals (arts. 10,11,12,13,14,15 and 16); (e) Provisions regarding the rights of workers who are employed in establishments where chemicals are used (art. 18); (f) Obligations to ensure safety, placed on States which export chemicals (art. 19). (Source: UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 2005)

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Burkina Faso
China
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Cyprus
Dominican Republic
Finland
Germany
Italy
Korea, Republic of
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania, Un. Rep. of
Zimbabwe

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