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Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) · European Union

Member States may permit derogations from requirements of paragraph 1 in the following circumstances: for the sole purpose of scientific research and testing, including analysis, for activities intended to eliminate chemical agents that are present in the form of by-products or waste products, for the production of the chemical agents referred to in paragraph 1 for use as intermediates, and for such use. The exposure of workers to chemical agents referred to in paragraph 1 must be prevented, in particular by providing that the production and earliest possible use of such chemical agents as intermediates must take place in a single closed system, from which the aforesaid chemical agents may be removed only to the extent necessary to monitor the process or service the system. Member States may provide for systems of individual authorisations.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.