Hazardous substance law
In the broadest sense is meant by hazardous substances , the totality of all regulations that are designed to protect people and the environment from dangerous substances.
A distinction is made between general law on hazardous substances ( chemical laws in the sense of the term and its ordinances) and special law on hazardous substances , which includes plant protection law , fertilizer law , feed law , food law , pharmaceutical law and animal disease law .
Legal Regulations
International agreements and regulations
- FAO International Code of Conduct on the distribution and use of Pesticides , Rome 1985
- Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ( Rotterdam Convention , PIC Convention), Rotterdam 1998
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ( Stockholm Convention , POP Convention) Stockholm, 2001
- Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989
- Convention on the ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movements and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa , Bamako 1991
- Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents , Helsinki, 1992
- Globally harmonized system for the classification and labeling of chemicals - the future common basis for the UN international labeling of hazardous goods and substances: The European Parliament and the Council have decided to implement the United Nations GHS in Europe from 2010 for substances and from 2015 for preparations (Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008)
EU
- Directive 96/82 / EC on the control of the dangers of major accidents with dangerous substances ( Seveso II Directive ), regarding environmental protection in connection with the production facilities
- Directive 1999/45 / EC on packaging and labeling of dangerous preparations ( preparation directive) The directive is no longer in force due to the following regulation.
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures ( CLP regulation )
- EC Directive 2011/65 / EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment ( RoHS Directive )
- Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 on the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances ( REACH regulation )
- Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community ( EU Waste Shipment Regulation )
See also
- Dangerous goods law for the transport and logistics of hazardous substances
