Commission Directive 90/492/EEC of 5 September 1990 adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 88/379/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations

COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE
of 5 September 1990
adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 88/379/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations
(90/492/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (1), as amended by Commission Directive 89/178/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, when the abovementioned Directive was adopted, the Commission, at the Council's request, was asked to examine the specific problem of mixtures of gases;
Whereas Annex I to Directive 88/379/EEC includes tables fixing concentration limits, expressed as a mass/mass percentage, to be used in applying the conventional method of assessing health hazards in accordance with Article 3 (5);
Whereas these concentration limits are not appropriate in the case of preparations marketed in gaseous form;
Whereas concentration limits expressed as a volume/volume percentage should therefore be inserted into Annex I; whereas these concentration limits are valid only for gaseous constituents used in preparations in gaseous form;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations,