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Cabinet Regulation No. 325 of 2007 on Labour Protection Requirements when Coming in Contact with Chemical Substances at Workplaces

Pays/Territoire
Lettonie
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2007 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 80, 18.05.2007.
Sujet
Environnement gén., Déchets et substances dangereuses
Mot clé
Substances dangereuses Santé publique Classement/déclassement Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Agents de lutte biologique Lutte contre la pollution
Aire géographique
Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord
Résumé

This Regulation prescribes labour protection requirements for employees when coming in contact with chemical substances (including mixtures) at workplaces if a risk is caused or may be caused from the effect of chemical substances present in the work environment or related to the working process, as well as special restrictions and prohibitions in relation to individual dangerous chemical substances or mixtures. This Regulation applies to workplaces where an employee is or may be exposed to the effect of such chemical substances and mixtures: (1) which conforms to the criteria laid down in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 for classification of substances in any of physical or health hazard classes irrespective of whether this chemical substance is classified in accordance with Regulation No 1272/2008; (2) which are present in the working environment or utilised at work and due to the physical, chemical and toxic properties thereof endanger the safety and health of an employee; (3) to which an occupational exposure limit value (OEV) has been determined - such concentration of chemical substances or mixtures in the air of the work environment which for the whole duration of the life of an employee does not cause the contraction of a disease or deterioration of health which can be determined by modern investigative methods if the relevant chemical substances and mixtures affect an employee not longer than 8 hours during a working day or not longer than 40 hours a week (Annex 1, 2); and to which a biological limit value (BLV) has been determined - indicators of concentration of chemical substances and metabolites thereof received by the organism of the employee and the biological effects caused by chemical substances in the biological environment of the employee, which values shall be determined for healthy employees who are exposed to chemical substances and mixtures on the level of the occupational exposure limit value (OEV) (Annex 3).

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Références - Législation

Implemente

Chemical Substances Law (1998)

Législation | Lettonie | 1998 (2014)

Mot clé: Substances dangereuses, Classement/déclassement, Accès-à-l'information, Législation de base, Normes environnementales, Lutte contre la pollution, Santé publique, Agents de lutte biologique, Normes, Protection de l’environnement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

Législation | Union européenne | 2008 (2017)

Mot clé: Substances dangereuses, Lutte contre la pollution, Commerce intérieur, Emballage/étiquetage, Commerce international, Classement/déclassement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX