EU Seveso II Directive 96/82/ECNamed substances & Categories

of substances

2.3 Activity workshop

Angeliki Tsatsou Dritsa

Chemist TA Key Expert 2

Zagreb

16-17 June 2011

EU Seveso II Scope I

Scope: establishments where dangerous substances are present in excess of some specific quantity thresholds

• Establishments: the whole area under the control of the Operator where dangerous substances are present

• Operator: operates/holds the establishment or has decisive economic & executive power in technical operation

EU Seveso II Scope II

• Presence of substance: actual, or anticipated or may generated during loss of control in an industrial process

(raw material, product, by product, residue, intermediate, or those to be generated in an accident)

• Dangerous substance: a substance or mixture or preparation listed in Annex I of Seveso II

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

• Ammonium nitrate (note 1)• Ammonium nitrate (note 2)• Ammonium nitrate (note 3)• Ammonium nitrate (note 4)• Potassium nitrate (note 5)• Potassium nitrate (note 6)• Bromine• Chlorine

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

• Nickel compounds in inhaled powder form

(nickel monoxide, nickel dioxide, nickel sulphide, trinickel disulfide, dinickel trioxide)

• Ethyleneimine• Fluorine• Formaldehyde (concentration =>90%• Hydrogen

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

• Hydrogen chloride (liqulified gas)• Lead alkyls• Liquefied extremely flammable gases (including

LPG)• Acetylene• Ethylene oxide• Methanol• 4,4- Methylenebis (2-chloraniline) and/or salts, in

powder form

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

• Methylisocyanate• Oxygen• Toluene diisocyanate• Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)• Arsenic trichloride (phosphine)• Phosphorous trihydride (phosphine)• Surphur dichloride• Sulphur trioxide• Poly chlorodibenzofuransans and

polychlorodibenzodioxins (including TCDD, calculated in TCDDD equivalent

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

CARCINOGENS at concentration above 5% by weight:

• Amino biphenyl and/or its salts• Benzotrichloride• Benzedrine and/or its salts• Bis(chloromethyl0ether• Chloromethylether• 1,2-Dibromoethane• Diethyl sulphate• Dimethyl sulphate

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

CARCINOGENS at concentration above 5% by weight:

• Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride• 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane• 1,2-Dimethyly hydrazine• Dimethyl nitrosamine• Hexamethyl phosphoric triamide• Hydrazine• 2-Naphthylamine and/or salts• 4-Nitrodiphenyl • 1,3 Propanesultone

Named substancesAnnex I Part 1

• Petroleum products

(a) Gasolines and naphthas

(b) Kerosenes (including jet fuels)

(c) Gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas blending streams

Categories of substances and preparations Annex I Part 2

1. VERY TOXIC

2. TOXIC

3. OXIDIZING

4. EXPLOSIVE (Note 2, UN/ADR 1.4)

5. EXPLOSIVE (Note 2, UN/ADR 1.4)

6. FLAMMABLE (Note 3 (a)

7. HIGHLY FLAMMABLE (Note 3 (b) (1)

8. EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE ( Note 3(c))

Categories of substances and preparations Annex I Part 2

9. DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

risk phrases

i) R50 “ very toxic to aquatic environment” including R50/53

ii) R51/53 “ toxic to aquatic organisms; may cause long adverse effects in the aquatic environment”

10. ANY CLASSIFICATION not covered by dose given and in combination with phrases:

(i) R14 “ reacts violently with water” (including R14/15)

(ii) R 29 “ in contact with water, liberates toxic gas”

Seveso II substancesinformation resources

• Substances Dangerous for the Environment• Substances dangerous to the aquatic

environment in the context of the Council Directive 96/82/EC

http://mahb.jrc.it/index.php?id=55

Seveso II substancesinformation resources

• Substances Dangerous for the Environment• Substances Dangerous to the Aquatic

Environment in the context of the Council Directive 96/82/EC

http://mahb.jrc.it/index.php?id=55

Seveso II substances information resources

• Carcinogens Single exposure carcinogenic substances in the context of the Council Directive 96/82/EC:

• http://mahb.jrc.it/index.php?id=56&dirview=4&fileview=30&eclist=-4-E-

Seveso II substancesclassification

• Seveso II substances and preparations are currently classified according to following Directives, as amended:

-Dangerous Substances Directive-DSD,

67/548/EEC

- Dangerous Preparations Directive DPD,

99/45/EC

Seveso II substancesclassification

• Seveso II substances and preparations, after 2015, will be classified according to the new EU Regulation 1272/2008/EC as amended

• Annex VI of the above Regulation includes Seveso II substances with harmonized classification

Seveso II substancesclassification

Special cases (e.g. wastes) and mixtures that cannot be classified conventionally:

their classification is done by EU legislation pertinent to their nature

(e.g. EU Waste Code)

Seveso II substancesclassification

• Hazard classification of chemicals:

According to their intrinsic properties which potentially harm Health and the Environment

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