SCHEDULETable of Limit Values

Regulation 6(2)

Name of agent

EC No(1)
CAS No(2)
Limit values(3)

Notation

Transitional measures

mg/m3(4)
ppm (5)
f/ml (6)

Hardwood dusts

—

—

2 (7)

—

—

—

Limit value 3 mg/m3 until 17 January 2023

Chromium (VI) compounds which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a) (as chromium)

—

—

0,005

—

—

—

Limit values:

0,025 mg/m3 for welding or plasma cutting processes or similar work processes that generate fume until 17 January 2025, and

0,010 mg/m3 until 17 January 2025 in all other cases

Refractory ceramic fibres which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a)

—

—

—

—

0,3

—

Respirable crystalline silica dust

—

—

0,1 (8)

—

—

—

Benzene

200-753-7

71-43-2

3,25

1

—

skin (9)

Vinyl chloride monomer

200-831-0

75-01-4

2,6

1

—

—

Ethylene oxide

200-849-9

75-21-8

1,8

1

—

skin (9)

1,2-Epoxypropane

200-879-2

75-56-9

2,4

1

—

—

Acrylamide

201-173-7

79-06-1

0,1

—

—

skin (9)

2-Nitropropane

201-209-1

79-46-9

18

5

—

—

o-Toluidine

202-429-0

95-53-4

0,5

0,1

—

skin (9)

1,3-Butadiene

203-450-8

106-99-0

2,2

1

—

—

Hydrazine

206-114-9

302-01-2

0,013

0,01

—

skin (9)

Bromoethylene

209-800-6

593-60-2

4,4

1

—

—

(1)

EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

(2)

CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.

(3)

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

(4)

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

(5)

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

(6)

f/ml = fibres per millilitre.

(7)

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

(8)

Respirable fraction.

(9)

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