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

‘2 This Directive shall not apply to signs for the placing on the market of hazardous substances and mixtures, products and/or equipment, unless other Union provisions make specific reference thereto.’

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 , 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 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 ; (2) Section B is replaced by the following: ‘B. Processes Industrial processes listed in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC.’

The annex to Directive 94/33/EC is amended as follows: (1) Section I is amended as follows: (a) in point 2 point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) Biological agents of risk groups 3 and 4 within the meaning of points 3 and 4 of second paragraph of Article 2 of Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council . (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 in one or more of the following hazard classes and hazard categories with one or more of the following hazard statements: acute toxicity, category 1, 2 or 3 (H300, H310, H330, H301, H311, H331); skin corrosion, category 1A, 1B or 1C (H314); flammable gas, category 1 or 2 (H220, H221); flammable aerosols, category 1 (H222); flammable liquid, category 1 or 2 (H224, H225); explosives, categories ‘Unstable explosive’, or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (H200, H201, H202, H203, H204, H205); self-reactive substances and mixtures, type A, B, C or D (H240, H241, H242); organic peroxides, type A or B (H240, H241); specific target organ toxicity after single exposure, category 1 or 2 (H370, H371); specific target organ toxicity after repeated exposure, category 1 or 2 (H372, H373); respiratory sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H334); skin sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H317); carcinogenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H350, H350i, H351); germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H340, H341); reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B (H360, H360F, H360FD, H360Fd, H360D, H360Df). (ii) point (b) is deleted; (iii) point (c) is deleted; (iv) point (d) is replaced by the following: ‘(d) Substances and mixtures referred to in point (ii) of point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (2) In Section II, point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Processes at work referred to in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC.’

‘3 Member States may take measures necessary to ensure that employers are able to obtain on request, preferably from the producer or supplier, all information on hazardous chemical agents that is necessary to apply Article 4(1) of this Directive, insofar as neither Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, nor Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 include any obligation to provide information.’

‘4 As regards asbestos, which is dealt with by Directive 2009/148/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council , the provisions of this Directive shall apply whenever they are more favourable to health and safety at work.

1 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 June 2015. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

2 Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.