Classification and labelling
A substance is considered to be hazardous when
it causes harm to the man or the environment already at small quantities. As
the Council Directive 67/548/EEC lays down, dangerous substances, which are placed on the
market in the EU, have to be classified, labelled and packed according to their
dangerous properties.
If the substance cannot be found in the Annex 1 of the Directive but it is
known to have dangerous properties, manufacturers, importers, or distributors
of such substance are obligated to assign it a provisional classification based
on the available information and following the instructions given in the Annex
6 of the directive.
An example of a label for a substance
and for a preparation
that is marketed in
Contact person:
Paul Kreuzer
Tel: +358-9-3967 2765
The MAK-Collection for
Occupational Health and Safety provides
comprehensive and authoritative information for health and safety professionals
and researchers. The MAK-Collection covers both the toxicological
substantiation of threshold values for chemicals at the workplace (MAK and BAT
values), plus the suitable monitoring methods. The documentations and methods
are compiled by the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of
Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG, German Research Foundation),
internationally acknowledged for its neutrality and working strictly according
to transparent, scientific criteria.
03.11.2008