Consultation on the Occupational Exposure Limits Report of Copper and its inorganic compounds

ECHA is launching a consultation to support the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) in adopting an opinion on Copper and its inorganic compounds in accordance with either Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work (CMRD) or Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (CAD).

The opinion of RAC on the scientific assessment of OELs is to support the Commission and provides a scientific advice to take action on the relevant amendment of the above Directive. In support of the Commission's request, ECHA has prepared a scientific OEL report for consideration by RAC, which is now subject of this Consultation.

You may submit your comments via the webform below.

Please only submit a non-confidential version of your comments, which ECHA may make publicly available. If you have comments which you consider confidential, you can also separately submit this information. Note that such information may also be used by ECHA including its Committees and, if appropriate, may be disclosed to the Member State Competent Authorities and the European Commission.

By submitting any information through the webform, you also guarantee that you hold all necessary rights with regard to the information provided, including but not limited to copyright where applicable, and therefore that you are entitled to submit the said information for the purposes listed herein and for its use by ECHA, including its Committees.

By submitting this information, you also agree that the non-confidential information provided may be put on the ECHA website.

ECHA accepts no responsibility or liability with regard to the comments (including attachments) submitted via the webform.


Copper and its inorganic compounds

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 SECTION I. Instructions

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*   I understand it is my responsibility to remove any kind of information I want to keep confidential from the comment boxes (the company name if declared confidential, emails, my signature etc.). ECHA will not be held liable for any damages caused by making the text publicly available. This consultation is categorised into these different sections.

  • Personal information
  • Organisation
  • Comments on the OEL report
  • Attachments

Please provide your comments on the dossier submitter's OEL report under "Comments on the OEL Report". In any case, it is necessary to provide supporting evidence to allow ECHA's Committees to take your comments and answers into account. Please add your documentation in the "Attachments" section.

 SECTION II. Personal information

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 SECTION III. Organisation

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 SECTION IV. Comments on the OEL Report

Comments

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  Chemical Agent Identification and Physico-Chemical Properties

  EU Harmonised Classification and Labelling - CLP (EC)1272/2008

  Chemical Agent and Scope of Legislation - Regulated Uses of substance in the EU

  Existing Occupational Exposure Limits, Biological Guidance Values and Biological Limit Values

  Occurrence, Use and Occupational Exposure

  Monitoring Exposure

  Health Effects/toxicological data

  Cancer Risk Assessment and Exposure Limit Values

  Other related comments

Please add the page number of the ECHA proposal if possible in front of your comment eg.p.12 the conclusion on...
 SECTION V. Non-confidential attachment
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