Saatja: Hannela Artus <
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Saadetud: 24.01.2023 13:10
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Teema: FW: OELs6 consultation - cobalt, PAHs, isoprene, 1,4-dioxane and welding fume
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Hannela Artus
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From: OELs6 [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 3:53 PM
To: Hannela Artus <
[email protected]>
Subject: OELs6 consultation - cobalt, PAHs, isoprene, 1,4-dioxane and welding fume
Dear Ms Hannela Artus,
OELs6 consultation - tell us about the impact of the proposed OELs and inclusion of welding fume
in Annex I
We are writing to invite you to contribute to a study for the European Commission, which assesses
the impact of introducing new Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) and other limit values as a
possible amendment to Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from exposure to
carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work (CMRD). The substances being considered
are:
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Cobalt and inorganic cobalt compounds
Isoprene
1,4-dioxane
New OELs are proposed for the four substances above under the CMRD. In addition, biological limit
values (BLV) are proposed for PAH and 1,4-dioxane, and a 15-minute short-term exposure limit value
(STEL) is proposed for 1,4-dioxane. In addition, ‘skin sensitisation’ and ‘respiratory sensitisation’
notations are proposed for cobalt and inorganic cobalt compounds, and ‘skin’ notations are
proposed for isoprene, PAHs and 1,4-dioxane.
An amendment to include welding fume in Annex I of the CMRD is also being considered. (Please be
aware that welding fume covers welding+ processes, which includes soldering, thermal cutting and
additive production)
On the survey webpage is a questionnaire for Member State authorities, which we would be grateful
if you could complete. On the webpage, there is a supporting letter from the European Commission,
together with the privacy policy.
We are working to tight timescales and the deadline for responses is Friday 3 March 2023.
Your help and input are critical to the success of this impact assessment, which directly affects the
decisions about amendments to the CMRD and, therefore, may have a significant effect on
companies using the five substances. We appreciate your assistance.
The study is being carried out by a consortium comprising RPA Risk & Policy Analysts (United
Kingdom), COWI (Denmark) and FoBiG Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe (Germany),
EPRD (Poland), Force Technology (Denmark) and associated RPA companies under a contract for the
European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
If you would like further information about this study, please reply to this email.
Daisy Copping (she/her)
Researcher
Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd
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