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Document ID (ISN)58821
CIS number 92-1418
ISSN - Serial title Mémorial - Journal officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Title Act of 18 May 1984 concerning the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances [Luxembourg]
Original title Loi du 18 mai 1984 concernant la classification, l'emballage et l'étiquetage des substances dangereuses [Luxembourg] [in French]
Bibliographic information 6 June 1984, A - No.50, p.750-760.
Abstract This Act was adopted in conformity with EC Directive 67/548/EEC (see CIS 92-23). Contents: scope; requests for authorisations to use; determination of physicochemical, toxicological and ecotoxic properties of chemical substances; evaluation of environmental hazards; criteria for classification and labelling; conditions that must be satisfied before a product can be marketed; notification; transmission of information to the European Commission; confidentiality of information; conditions relating to packaging and labelling. The Act adopted the corresponding EEC substance lists, danger symbols, and R- and S-phrases as found in Directive 76/907/EEC (CIS 77-734). Subsequent modifications of the EEC Directive were incorporated into Luxembourg legislation by Grand-Ducal Regulations of 30.12.85, 25.3.87, 18.5.87, 1.4.88, and 5.3.90.
Descriptors (primary) packing, filling; dangerous substances; Luxembourg; classification; chemical products; hazard identification; labelling
Descriptors (secondary) notification of dangerous substances; European Communities; law; danger symbols; warning notices
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceLuxembourg
Subject(s) Laws
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Classification and labelling of chemicals