Directive 2014/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2014/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 amending Council Directives 92/58/EEC, 92/85/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, in order to align them to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

Article 2Amendments to Directive 92/85/EEC

Annex I to Directive 92/85/EEC is amended as follows:

(1)

Section A is amended as follows:

(a)

point 2 is replaced by the following:

2.Biological agents

Biological agents of risk groups 2, 3 and 4 within the meaning of points 2, 3 and 4 of second paragraph of Article 2 of Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), in so far as it is known that such agents or the therapeutic measures necessitated by them endanger the health of pregnant women and the unborn child, and in so far as they do not yet appear in Annex II.;

(b)

point 3 is amended as follows:

(i)

point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

substances and mixtures which meet the criteria for classification under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) in one or more of the following hazard classes and hazard categories with one or more of the following hazard statements, in so far as they do not yet appear in Annex II;

  • germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H340, H341);

  • carcinogenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H350, H350i, H351);

  • reproductive toxicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 or the additional category for effects on or via lactation (H360, H360D, H360FD, H360Fd, H360Df, H361, H361d, H361fd, H362);

  • specific target organ toxicity after single exposure, category 1 or 2 (H370, H371).;

(ii)

point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)

chemical agents in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(3);

(2)

Section B is replaced by the following:

B.Processes

Industrial processes listed in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC.

(1)

Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 21).’;

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).’;

(3)

Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 50).’