Ordinance to amend the Seventh Occupational Diseases Ordinance Jurisdiction Germany Year 1976 Published in German Original/other title [German] Verordnung zur Änderung der Siebenten Berufskrankheiten-Verordnung Serial title Bundesgesetzblatt Source Teil I, Bonn, Germany (Fed.Rep.), 15 Dec. 1976, No.142, p.3329-3337. Descriptors [Primary] Germany (Federal Republic of), compensation of occupational diseases, schedule of occupational diseases [Secondary] asbestos, byssinosis, law, mesothelioma, notification of occupational diseases, respirable dust, vibration disease Subject category Occupational medicine, epidemiology Abstract The amendments introduced by this Ordinance (entry into force: 1 Jan. 1977) concern certain formalities and conditions for the notification of occupational diseases; they chiefly modify the list of statutory occupational diseases, recognised in the Fed.Rep. of Germany. The classification of these diseases has been altered and systematised, and the following diseases added: circulatory disorders of the hands due to vibration; pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma due to asbestos; respiratory disorders due to cotton or flax dust (byssinosis). Commentary in Kompass, Bochum, Germany (Fed.Rep), Jan. 1977, Vol.87, No.1, p.1-5. CIS No. 77-590 Database ID 26760