Directive 67/548 was adopted in 1967 in order to approximate the national provisions
· relating to dangerous substances and preparations. Since then the Directive has been
amended eight times and adapted to technical progress 23 times. These modifications
reflect the continuous . adaptation of the Directive to the . permanent increase in
technical and scientific kilowledge in the field of dangerous substances.
Today the Directive aims at achieving a high level of protection of human health and
the environment from the hazard that dangerous induitrial chemicals may cause
when placed on the market and used.
The key elements are
· (i) classification and labelling of chemicals according to their intrinsic dangerous
properties . ' -
The placing· on the market of an industrial chemical which the manufacturer, -
importer or distributor knows or suspe~ts is "dangerous" requires them to examine its
intrinsic properties in order to assess whethe~ it is "dangerous" according to the
Directive. If the chemical is qualified as "dangerous", it has to be placed into one or
several classes· of danger, such as "flammable", "toxic" or "dangerous to the
environment". The Directive currently covers 15 classes of danger.
Classification of a chemical as "dangerous" requires appropriate labelling on the
package. The label includes a danger symbol, standard ·phrases on the nature of
special risks from the chemical (R-phrases) and standard safety precaution phrases
(S-phrases) relating to the use. ·
"Harmonised" classification and labelling is undertaken by a working group of
Commission and Member State experts, with the participation of industry, trade
unions arid. EEA-EFTA representatives. The industrial chemicals for discussion are
proposed by Memb~r States arid, to a lesser extent, by Industry. Chemicals for which
a "harmonised" classification and labelling has been agreed by the Commission
services and Member States as dangerous are listed in Annex I to the Directive.·
Classification according to the Directive 67/548 may have repercussions on the
marketing and use of a chemical. Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the
laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to
restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and
preparations7 may, after an assessment including economic and social implications,
ban the marketing to and use by the general public of chemicals which are
Directive 67/548 was adopted in 1967 in order to approximate the national provisions
· relating to dangerous substances and preparations. Since then the Directive has been
amended eight times and adapted to technical progress 23 times. These modifications
reflect the continuous . adaptation of the Directive to the . permanent increase in
technical and scientific kilowledge in the field of dangerous substances.
Today the Directive aims at achieving a high level of protection of human health and
the environment from the hazard that dangerous induitrial chemicals may cause
when placed on the market and used.
The key elements are
· (i) classification and labelling of chemicals according to their intrinsic dangerous
properties . ' -
The placing· on the market of an industrial chemical which the manufacturer, -
importer or distributor knows or suspe~ts is "dangerous" requires them to examine its
intrinsic properties in order to assess whethe~ it is "dangerous" according to the
Directive. If the chemical is qualified as "dangerous", it has to be placed into one or
several classes· of danger, such as "flammable", "toxic" or "dangerous to the
environment". The Directive currently covers 15 classes of danger.
Classification of a chemical as "dangerous" requires appropriate labelling on the
package. The label includes a danger symbol, standard ·phrases on the nature of
special risks from the chemical (R-phrases) and standard safety precaution phrases
(S-phrases) relating to the use. ·
"Harmonised" classification and labelling is undertaken by a working group of
Commission and Member State experts, with the participation of industry, trade
unions arid. EEA-EFTA representatives. The industrial chemicals for discussion are
proposed by Memb~r States arid, to a lesser extent, by Industry. Chemicals for which
a "harmonised" classification and labelling has been agreed by the Commission
services and Member States as dangerous are listed in Annex I to the Directive.·
Classification according to the Directive 67/548 may have repercussions on the
marketing and use of a chemical. Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the
laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to
restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and
preparations7 may, after an assessment including economic and social implications,
ban the marketing to and use by the general public of chemicals which are
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