Professional paper
CROATIA'S NEW CHEMICAL SAFETY LEGISLATION – REPLACEMENT OF HAZARD SIGNS WITH PICTOGRAMS
Rajka Turk
orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-8923
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The reform of the European chemical safety legislation has also a considerable impact in Croatia, which has just started the process of harmonisation of its legal acts in order to implement European regulations dealing with control of chemicals (REACH) and classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP). This article is a short review of the basic principles set in the EU chemical regulations and their adoption in Croatia including the most expected benefits on safety and health protection at the workplace.
Keywords
chemical safety; REACH Regulation; classification and labelling of chemicals; Safety Data Sheet; health protection at work
Hrčak ID:
99567
URI
Publication date:
4.4.2013.
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