Volume 2, Issue 23

August 5-- This month's issue of 3E HazMat Matters' Tips N Tricks column contained information based on Directive 2001/59/EC (28th ATP), which is out-of-date.  Please see a revision of the same Tip, now citing the 29th ATP, which is published in the current version of WebInsight.

Tips N Tricks...........................................................................................................

Not sure how to find the EU classification for an Annex I chemical in Ariel WebInsight?

When one runs a search for a particular CAS number or chemical name in WebInsight, a report will be generated, which references all the legislative lists containing that chemical. The report is set up to display the citation of the legislation, and the regulatory information pertaining to the chemical. Many clients are particular interested in the information found in Annex I to EU Directive 67/548/EEC on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. This list contains the hazard classifications, as well as the R- and S-phrases, for chemicals requiring particular classification and labelling in the EU. The citation heading for Directive 67/548/EEC is where the currency of the data in this list is indicated. The current citation is:

EU. Directive 67/548/EEC on the classification, packaging, and labelling of dangerous substances, Annex I, as last amended by Directive 2004/73/EC (29th ATP), as corrected

The citation indicates that the list is current through the last adaptation to technical progress (ATP), issued in April 2004, which was consequently corrected in May and June 2004.
Under the citation, the chemical being searched is listed in eight of the twenty official languages of the EU. The English language entry contains the classification information for that substance, as well as EC and Annex I numbers and Nota information. If the entry for a substance has changed since the 23rd ATP, a footnote will indicated when the change was made In cases where different classification information has been assigned based on concentration, additional English language entries are listed for all concentration based classifications:

CAS RN: 91-08-7
 Name: 2-METHYL-M-PHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE; TOLUENE-2,6-DI-ISOCYANATE
 Annex I EC number: 2020390 
 Annex I Index number: 615-006-00-4 
 Risk Phrases: 26, 36/37/38, 40, 42/43, 52/53
 Safety Phrases: (1/2), 23, 36/37, 45, 61
 Symbols Required: T 
 Classification on the basis of the specific effects on human health: C3
 EU Dangerous Substances Directive Danger Classification: T , Xi
 Notes: Nota C
 
 CAS RN: 91-08-7
 Name: 2-METHYL-M-PHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE; TOLUENE-2,6-DI-ISOCYANATE (0,1%<=C<1%)
 Annex I Index number: 615-006-00-4 
 Risk Phrases: 20, 42
 Symbols Required: Xn
 Notes: Nota 2
 
 CAS RN: 91-08-7
 Name: 2-METHYL-M-PHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE; TOLUENE-2,6-DI-ISOCYANATE (1%<=C<7%)
 Annex I Index number: 615-006-00-4 
 Risk Phrases: 23, 40, 42/43
 Symbols Required: T
 Notes: Nota 2
 
 CAS RN: 91-08-7
 Name: 2-METHYL-M-PHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE; TOLUENE-2,6-DI-ISOCYANATE (7%<=C<20%)
 Annex I Index number: 615-006-00-4 
 Risk Phrases: 26, 40, 42/43
 Symbols Required: T 
 Notes: Nota 2
 
 CAS RN: 91-08-7
 Name: 2-METHYL-M-PHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE; TOLUENE-2,6-DI-ISOCYANATE (C>=20%)
 Annex I Index number: 615-006-00-4 
 Risk Phrases: 26, 36/37/38, 40, 42/43
 Symbols Required: T 
 Notes: Nota 2

The individual R- and S- phrases indicated in the entry, as well as other classification information has been hyperlinked to a Notes section, which provides the full text of the classification information. WebInsight also provides for advance searches within this list. This functionality allow the user to identify all substances classified with a certain R-phrase or hazard class, as well as to generate a list of all the changes made to the list through the publication of the 29th ATP, for example. While it is of key importance, Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC is only one of over 40 European Union lists available in the Western Europe module of WebInsight.