Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers’ breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit values defined below: Name Number EC (1) Number CAS (2) Occupational exposure limit value Occupational exposure limit value Comments Transitional measures 8h (3) short term (4) mg/ m3 (5) ppm (6) fibres per cm3 mg/ m3 ppm fibres per cm3…

Indicative occupational exposure limit values, constituting prevention objectives, may be set by joint order of the Ministers of Labour and Agriculture.

The sampling procedures, methods and means to be used to measure concentrations of hazardous chemical agents in the air, as well as the characteristics and conditions of use of personal protective equipment against these agents, are laid down by joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture.