Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

4. Practical application: U.K.

After having conducted a search to see if the substance belongs to one or more families or sub-families on the list, the generic name can be established in the following way:

4.1. If the name of a family or sub-family is sufficient to characterise the chemical elements or important functional groups, this name will be chosen as the generic name. U.K.

Examples:

• 1,4 dihydroxybenzen

  family 604

  :

  phenols and derivatives

  generic name

  :

  phenol derivatives

• butanol

  family 603

  :

  alcohols and derivatives

  sub-family

  :

  aliphatic alcohols

  generic name

  :

  aliphatic alcohol

• 2-Isopropoxyethanol

  family 603

  :

  alcohols and derivatives

  sub-family

  :

  glycolethers

  generic name

  :

  glycolether

• methacrylate

  family 607

  :

  organic acids and derivatives

  sub-family

  :

  acrylates

  generic name

  :

  acrylate

4.2. If the name of a family or sub-family is not sufficient to characterise the chemical elements of important functional groups, the generic name will be a combination of the corresponding different family or sub-family names: U.K.

Examples:

• chlorobenzene

  family 602

  :

  halogenated hydrocarbons

  sub-family

  :

  halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons

  family 017

  :

  chlorine compounds

  generic name

  :

  chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon

• 2,3,6-trichlorophenylacetic acid

  family 607

  :

  organic acids

  sub-family

  :

  halogenated aromatic acids

  family 017

  :

  chlorine compounds

  generic name

  :

  chlorinated aromatic acid

• 1-chloro-1-nitropropane

  family 610

  :

  chloronitrated derivatives

  family 601

  :

  hydrocarbons

  sub-family

  :

  aliphatic hydrocarbons

  generic name

  :

  chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon

• tetrapropyl dithiopyrophosphate

  family 015

  :

  phosphorus compounds

  sub-family

  :

  phosphoric esters

  family 016

  :

  sulphur compounds

  generic name

  :

  thiophosphoric ester

NB: U.K.

In the case of certain elements, notably metals, the name of the family or sub-family may be indicated by the words‘organic’ or ‘inorganic’.

Examples:

• dimercury chloride

  family 080

  :

  mercury compounds

  generic name

  :

  inorganic mercury compound

• barium acetate

  family 056

  :

  barium compounds

  generic name

  :

  organic barium compound

• ethyl nitrite

  family 007

  :

  nitrogen compounds

  sub-family

  :

  nitrites

  generic name

  :

  organic nitrite

• sodium hydrosulphite

  family 016

  :

  sulphur compounds

  generic name

  :

  inorganic sulphur compound

(The examples cited are substances taken from [F1 Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008] in respect of which requests for confidentiality may be submitted).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by 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 (Text with EEA relevance).