Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (repealed)
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4.2.If the name of a family or sub-family is not sufficient to characterise the chemical elements of important functional groups, the generic name will be a combination of the corresponding different family or sub-family names:U.K.
Examples:
chlorobenzene
family 602
:
halogenated hydrocarbons
sub-family
:
halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
family 017
:
chlorine compounds
generic name
:
chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon
2,3,6-trichlorophenylacetic acid
sub-family
:
halogenated aromatic acids
family 017
:
chlorine compounds
generic name
:
chlorinated aromatic acid
1-chloro-1-nitropropane
family 610
:
chloronitrated derivatives
sub-family
:
aliphatic hydrocarbons
generic name
:
chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon
tetrapropyl dithiopyrophosphate
family 015
:
phosphorus compounds
sub-family
:
phosphoric esters
family 016
:
sulphur compounds
generic name
:
thiophosphoric ester
NB:U.K.
In the case of certain elements, notably metals, the name of the family or sub-family may be indicated by the words‘organic’ or ‘inorganic’.
Examples:
dimercury chloride
family 080
:
mercury compounds
generic name
:
inorganic mercury compound
barium acetate
family 056
:
barium compounds
generic name
:
organic barium compound
ethyl nitrite
family 007
:
nitrogen compounds
generic name
:
organic nitrite
sodium hydrosulphite
family 016
:
sulphur compounds
generic name
:
inorganic sulphur compound
(The examples cited are substances taken from [Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008] in respect of which requests for confidentiality may be submitted).
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