The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 No. 1689

SCHEDULE 3 PROVISIONS FOR CLASSIFYING DANGEROUS PREPARATIONS

PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Classification by the conventional method as sensitising

12.—(1) The following preparations shall be classified as sensitising by skin contact and assigned the symbol “X_i”, the indication of danger “irritant” and the risk phrase R43—

• Preparations containing one or more substances classified as sensitising and to which is assigned risk phrase R43 that produces such effects in individual concentrations equal to or exceeding—

  (i)

  either the concentration specified in the approved supply list for the substance under consideration, or

  (ii)

  the concentration specified in paragraph 5 of Part II of this Schedule (Table V or Table VA) where the substance or substances do no appear in the approved supply list or appear in it without concentration limits.

(2) The following preparations shall be classified as sensitising by inhalation and assigned the symbol “X_n”, the indication of danger “harmful” and the risk phrase R42—

• Preparations containing one or more substances classified as sensitising and to which is assigned risk phrase R42 that produces such effects in individual concentrations equal to or exceeding—

  (i)

  either the concentration specified in the approved supply list for the substance under consideration, or

  (ii)

  the concentration specified in paragraph 5 of Part II of this Schedule (Table V or Table VA) where the substance or substances do not appear in the approved supply list or appear in it without concentration limits.