HSE
The European Commission is progressing a third list of Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (IOELVs) based on the recommendations of its Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL).
The Directive will require Member States to introduce domestic occupational exposure limits for the substances listed in the Annex to the Directive, taking account of the level of the IOELV for that substance.
Member States will be asked to vote on the final text of the draft Directive in mid-2009. It will then be adopted by the European Commission and published in the Official Journal. It is likely that Member States will have two years in which to implement the Directive.
In the current draft Annex there are 20 substances with IOELVs. Once the Directive has been adopted, the Health and Safety Executive will consult about its implementation and the inclusion of new and revised Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) in the HSE publication EH40.