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The OECD is developing proposals for classification criteria and labelling in the area of health and environmental hazards, at the request of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS. A Task Force on Harmonization of Classification and Labelling has been established to coordinate the technical work carried out by the experts.
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25-Jan-2008
In December 2004, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS requested that the OECD examine possibilities to develop classification criteria for ozone depleting substances in cooperation with the Conference of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and develop first a detailed comparison of classification systems in countries/regions. The detailed comparison was submitted to the Sub-Committee in July 2006 and the Sub-Committee agreed that the work should continue and that it would consider any proposal or option in this respect for final decision.
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27-Nov-2007
The OECD Workshop on the application of the GHS classification criteria to HPV chemicals was held in Bern (Switzerland) on 5-6 July 2007. The Workshop was a joint activity of the Task Force on Harmonization of Classification and Labelling and the Task Force on Existing Chemicals. It was prepared by a Steering Group including the members of the bureaus of the two Task Forces.
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16-Nov-2007
In December 2002, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN SCEGHS) requested the OECD to start a further “development of the classification scheme to accommodate chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms for assigning a chronic hazard category”. In December 2006, the Sub-Committee requested the submission of a proposal in 2007. This document is the proposal for revision of GHS Chapter 4.1.
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16-Nov-2007
This document is the proposal for revision of Annex 9 (A9.1-A9.3 and Appendix VI)
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16-Nov-2007
This document is the proposal on revision of GHS Chapter 4.1: consequential changes in other parts of the GHS
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16-Nov-2007
This report presents a compilation of the responses received from the OECD countries to the questionnaire on preparation of GHS implementation, which was developed by the OECD and UNITAR/ILO. The Secretariat received responses for 27 out of 30 member countries: Canada, Japan, Australia, the European Commission (EC) on behalf of the 19 EU member countries, Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United States and Korea. In addition, the responses from the EC are also relevant for the 8 other EU Member States, which are not OECD countries
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OECD - UNITAR/ILO Questionnaire
08-Nov-2006
An OECD - UNITAR/ILO questionnaire on preparation for GHS Implementation was sent to member countries on 20 July 2006. A report on implementation by member countries is under development.
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24-May-2006
The mandate initially given by the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS for the biennium 2003-2004 was to start examining methods for carcinogenicity potency estimation. In December 2004, the Sub-Committee agreed that the work should be completed in 2006, and a scientific issue paper should be submitted in 2005.
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24-May-2006
This paper briefly refers to respiratory sensitization, but the bulk of the paper addresses skin sensitization.
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24-May-2006
In July 2004, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS agreed on a mandate* for the OECD work on Toxic Gas Mixtures. The Summary Report of the expert group meeting on Toxic Gas Mixtures, which met in Paris on 17 February 2005, is added as an appendix to this document; it includes the expert group responses to the six questions asked by the UN SCEGHS.
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24-May-2006
This paper summarizes the scientific background and the basis required for the identification of chronic hazards relevant for aquatic organisms.
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24-May-2006
The purpose of this paper is to describe existing systems of classification and labelling of ozone depleting chemicals (substances and mixtures, abbreviated ODCs) with a view toward possible development of a consensus proposal to harmonize classification and labelling under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
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