Anforderungen an Stoffeintraege in Gewaesser Hinweise fuer Stoffanwender

Abstract

In 1998, the contracting parties under the Conventions for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East-Atlantic (OSPAR) and the Baltic Sea (HELCOM) agreed on a new 'Strategy with Regard to Hazardous Substances'. The Strategy implements the Esbjerg Declaration of the Fourth International Conference on the Protection of the North Sea in 1995: 'The Ministers agree that the objective is to ensure a sustainable, sound and healthy North Sea ecosystem. This implies the prevention of pollution of the North Sea by continuously reducing discharges, emissions and losses of hazardous substances, thereby moving towards the target of their cessation within one generation (25 years)...'. In the framework of the present study, criteria and indicators have been worked out for the assessment of possible releases of chemicals to water systems. These criteria may enable the users of substances and preparations better to characterise the chemicals, with a view on the long term objectives for the protection of inland and marine waters. The report provides a systematic overview on the different approaches for the assessment of potential releases of substances with regard to: use patterns, substance properties, availability and validity of information, procedure and outcome of the assessment process. The assessment techniques were evaluated with respect to their applicability under the long term objective with regard to hazardous substances in the aquatic environment. The report links the relevant requirements related to legislation and management systematically to each other: Chemicals legislation; workers and consumers health protection; water protection; emission controls; health, safety and environmental management (HSE); product controls and product labelling. Based on the study results, a guidance for the industrial users of chemicals and their associations has been developed. The main target group are the manufacturers of preparations and their climents in industry, for example: textile industry, metal processing industry, manufacturers of plastic articles. It aims at challenging the industry associations to develop and offer consultation services. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RN 8422(1999,60) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman