EU Seveso II Directive 96/82/EC
Named 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 substances
Annex I Part 1
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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 substances
Annex 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 substances
Annex 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 substances
Annex I Part 1
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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 substances
Annex 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 substances
Annex 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 substances
Annex I Part 1
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Petroleum products
Gasolines and naphthas
Kerosenes (including jet fuels)
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 substances
information 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
• 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&file
view=30&eclist=-4-E-
Seveso II substances
classification
• 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 substances
classification
• 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 substances
classification
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 substances
classification
• Hazard classification of chemicals:
According to their intrinsic properties which
potentially harm Health and the Environment
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