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Document ID (ISN)55422
CIS number 91-18
ISSN - Serial title 0870-9963 - Diário da República
Year 1988
Convention or series no. Decreto-Lei 294/88
Author(s)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pescas e Alimentação
Title Decree of 24 Aug. 1988 establishing standards for the classification, labelling and packaging of pesticides and pesticide additives [Portugal]
Original title Decreto-Lei ... estabelece normas relativas à classificação, rotulagem e embalagem de pesticidas e adjuvantes [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information 24 Aug. 1988, I Série, No.195, p.3504-3508.
Abstract This Decree establishes the legal basis for the classification, labelling and packaging of pesticides. Contents: scope (exclusions: drugs; radioactive products; transport of pesticides; export of pesticides to non-EEC countries; pesticides in transit only); definitions; toxicological classification of pesticides (based on LD50 and LC50 values); approval of labelling and packaging; requirements for packaging and labelling. In the appendix: table for the classificaiton of pesticides; calculation methods used in the classification; R and S-phrases used in labels.
Descriptors (primary) agricultural chemicals; packing, filling; classification; pesticides; labelling; Portugal
Descriptors (secondary) toxicology; law; danger symbols; hazard identification
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvincePortugal
Subject(s) Laws
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Agricultural chemicals