Substance Information
Substance Information
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Substance Infocard
Mercury and divalent inorganic mercury compounds including mercuric oxide and mercuric chloride (measured as mercury)
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Regulatory context
Here you can find all of the regulations and regulatory lists in which this substance appears, according to the data available to ECHA. This substance has been found in the following regulatory activities (directly, or inheriting the regulatory context of a parent substance):
- ECHA Legislations
- Occupational Exposure limits (OELs)
- Emission Limit Values (ELVs)
- Other chemical legislations
Region | Legislation | Long-term Exposure Limit (LTEL) Values | Short-term Exposure Limit (STEL) Values | Skin Designation | Dermal Sensitization | Respiratory Sensitization | Work Sector | Effective Date | Expiration Date | Miscellaneous Notes | |||||
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European Union | OELs - Occupational Exposure Limits - 3rd list | 0.02 | 1 |
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Occupational Exposure Limits - 3rd list - Indicative OELVsEU. Indicative OELVs, Directive 2009/161/EU establishing a third list of IOELVs in implementation of Dir. 98/24/EC and amending Dir. 2000/39/EC, last amended by Dir. 2017/164/EU, 1 February 2017
This list contains the indicative occupational exposure limit values (IOELVs) from Commission Directive 2009/161/EU. Member States are required to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, which establishes values for reference period of eight-hour time weighted average and for a short-term period of 15 minutes.