ANNEX IIILimit values and other directly related provisions

(Article 16)

A.LIMIT VALUES FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

Name of agent

EINECS11

CAS12

Limit values

Notation

Transitional measures

mg/m313

ppm14

Benzene

200-753-7

71-43-2

3,2515

115

Skin16

Limit value: 3 ppm (=9,75 mg/m3) (until 27 June 2003)

Vinyl chloride monomer

200-831

75-01-4

7,7715

315

Hardwood dusts

5,01517

EINECS: European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances.

CAS: Chemical Abstract Service Number.

mg/m3 = milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20oC and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure)

ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3).

Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours.

Substantial contribution to the total body burden via dermal exposure possible.

Inhalable fraction: if hardwood dusts are mixed with other wood dusts, the limit value shall apply to all wood dusts present in that mixture.

B.OTHER DIRECTLY RELATED PROVISIONS

p.m.