Database GESTIS Limit Values: Bibliography

LV_SK[1] Australia: Workplace exposure standards for chemicals at safe work australia, Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants

[2] Austria: Verordnung des Bundesministers für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz über Grenzwerte für Arbeitsstoffe sowie über krebserzeugende und fortpflanzungsgefährdende (reproduktionstoxische) Arbeitsstoffe (Grenzwerteverordnung 2011 – GKV 2011). StF: BGBl. II Nr. 253/200

[3] Belgium: Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue: http://www.werk.belgie.be

[4] Canada - Ontario: Current Occupational Exposure Limits for Ontario Workplaces (Regulation 833). Available at: www.labour.gov.on.ca

[5] Canada - Québec: Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (in French) and Regulation respecting occupational health and safety (in English), both at LégisQuébec

[6] Denmark: Bekendtgørelse om grænseværdier for stoffer og materialer. Available at: retsinformation.dk

[7] European Union: Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC). Available at: eur-lex.europa.eu

• Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of indicative occupational limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work.
• Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing the second list of indicative occupational limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work.
• Commission Directive 2009/161/EU of the European Parliament and of the council of 17 December 2009 establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC.
• Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU.
• Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC.

[8] European Union: Council Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC).

• First Amendment - Directive 2017/2398
• Second Amendment - Directive 2019/130
• Third Amendment - Directive 2019/983
• Fourth Amendment - Directive 2022/431

[9] European Union: Directive 2009/148/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work.

• First Amendment - Directive 2023/2668

[10] European Union: REACH regulation annex XVII: Substances restricted under REACH

[11] Finland: HTP-arvot 2020 (in Finnish) and HTP-värden 2020(in Swedish)

[12] France: Liste des VLEP françaises. INRS, 2022

[13] Germany - AGS: Technische Regeln für Gefahrstoffe, Arbeitsplatzgrenzwerte, TRGS 900

[14] Germany - MAK Values: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (ed.): MAK- und BAT-Werte-Liste. Compiled by Ständige Senatskommission zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe

[15] Hungary: 5/2020. (II. 6.) ITM rendelet a kémiai kóroki tényezők hatásának kitett munkavállalók egészségének és biztonságának védelméről (ITM Regulation on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the effects of chemical agents)

[16] Ireland: Chemical Agents and Carcinogens Code of Practice 2021

[17] Italy: Decreto Legislativo 9, ALLEGATO XXXVIII und ALLEGATO XLIII (carcinogenic substances)

[18] Japan - Evaluation standards: Japan ISHA - Administrative Control Levels of Working Environment Evaluation Standards. Available at the National Institute of Technologiy and Evaluation: www.nite.go.jp

[19] Japan - Limit values: Current values are avalaible at the Japan Society for Occupational Health

[20] Latvia: Occupational Exposure Limits (in Latvian)

[21] New Zealand: Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices. Edition 13 effective from April 2022, WorkSafe New Zealand at: www.business.govt.nz

[22] Norway: Limit Values published by the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet), Regulations concerning Action and Limit values

[23] Poland: Limit Values and Changes in 2020 at the Internet System of Legal Acts (ISAP)

[24] PR China : Limit Values of the National Health Commission (GBZ 2.1-2007, in Chinese)

[25] Romania: Valori-limită obligatorii de expunere profesională la agenți chimici (PDF, 1,1 MB)at www.mmuncii.ro

[26] Singapore: Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations (first schedule) at: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/

[27] South Africa: Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agent 2021, Asbestos Abatement Regulations 2020

[28] South Africa Mining: Occupational Exposure Limits for Airborne Pollutants (PDF, 710 kB, non-accessible) by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd., 2006

[29] South Korea: Current list (PDF, 724 kB, non-accessible) available at KOSHA

[30] Spain: Límites de exposición profesional para agentes químicos (Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents in Spain), Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Madrid. Available at: www.insht.es in Spanish

[31] Sweden: Hygieniska gränsvärden at the website of the Swedish Work Environment Authority (in Swedish)

[32] Switzerland: Searchable Database (German, French, Italian) available at
www.suva.ch

[33] The Netherlands: Dutch Legal Public Limit Values (Nationale wettelijke publieke grenswaarden). Dutch Law on Labour conditions.

[34] United Kingdom: EH40/2005 Workplace exposure limits, HSE Books (2005), ISBN 0717629775. Available at: www.hse.gov.uk,

[34] United States - NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH Recommendations for occupational safety and health, Compendium of Policy Documents and Statements, January 1992, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-100. Available at:
www.cdc.gov

[35] United States - OSHA: US Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Occupational Health and Safety Standards, US Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 1910 Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances. Accessed February 1, 2006. Available at:
www.osha.gov

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