A continuous udate of the offered links cannot be guaranteed. Please refer to the hints at the respective websites.
All Euopean legislation can be found in the "EUR-Lex" database. It is possible to search for specific directives, to follow the analytical structure or to check the alphabetical index. Most documents are also available as consolidated versions, i.e. later amendments, corrections etc. are incorporated into one although non-official document.
Laws, Regulations
VOC-Directive
(consolidated version)
Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions
of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain
activities and installations
Explosive
atmospheres
Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and
protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
Protection
of workers against explosive atmospheres
Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection
of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual Directive
within Directive 89/391/EEC)
Chlorofluorocarbons
Council Decision
82/795/EEC: Council Decision of 15 November 1982 on the consolidation of precautionary
measures concerning chlorofluorocarbons in the environment
Fluorinated
Gases
New rules on F-gases adopted as bill goes through EU Parliament (April 2004)
TA
Luft
German: Verwaltungsvorschriften Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft
Lagerung
brennbarer "A III" Flüssigkeiten
German: Informationsblatt zu brennbaren Flüssigkeiten mit Flammpunkt >
55°C vom Landesinstitut für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Freistaat
Sachsen
VOC-Tool
PIUS Download-offer of an Excel programme for the establishment of solvent balance
sheets and reduction plans according to the German 31. BImSchV (we plan together
with PIUS to offer a similar tool also for other countries)
HSE, UK
HSE
information sheet (pdf)
Engineering sheet No. 21 "Immersion and cold cleaning of engineering components"
HSE information
sheet (pdf)
Engineering sheet No. 34 "Surface cleaning: Solvent update including the
reclassification of trichloroethylene" (trike)
Regulations, Rules from German Berufsgenossenschaften
The links from the German statutory accident insurance (Berufsgenossenschaft) lead to a database-search interface. Enter the required identification or title. You can then view or download the document in pdf-format. In some cases the information may be available in English.
BGI 767
Chlorkohlenwasserstoffe (bisher ZH 1/194)
BGI 621
Merkblatt: Lösemittel (bisher ZH 1/319)
BGI 880
Kaltreiniger-Merkblatt (bisher ZH 1/425)
BGR 180
Richtlinien für Einrichtungen zum Reinigen von Werkstücken mit Lösemitteln (bisher ZH 1/562)
BGI 560
Arbeitssicherheit durch vorbeugenden Brandschutz - 2006Updted by Klaus Kuhl, 19.7.2006