The Material Safety Data Sheet according to REACH

Annex II of regulation 1907/2006 (REACH) defines guidelines to the compilation of the MSDS. It shall permit to determine whether any hazardous chemical agents (substances or preparations) are present in a workplace and to assess any risk to the health and safety of workers.

The MSDS is divided in 16 chapters:

1. Identification of the substance/preparation and the company/undertaking

2. Hazard(s) identification

3. Composition/informations on ingredients

4. First-aid measures

5. Fire-fighting measures

6. Accidental release measures

7. Handling and storage

8. Exposure controls/personal protection

9. Physical and chemical properties

10. Stability and reactivity

11. Toxicological information

12. Ecological information

13. Disposal considerations

14. Transport information

15. Regulatory information

16. Other information

New information

REACH Regulation introduces new notions compared to directives 67/548 and 1999/45 (concerning respectively dangerous substances and preparations).

Substance registration number, provided by the European Agency (ECHA) after submission and evaluation of the dossier, as well as the email of the contact personne shall appear in chapter 1.

Chapters 2 and 3 from the former directives are switched in order to get the actual layout.

Two new types of toxicological tests appear in chapter 8:

• DNEL: the Derived No-Effect Level is the level of exposure to the substance above which humans should not be
  exposed.

• PNEC: the Predicted No-Effect Concentration is the concentration of the substance below which adverse effects in the
  environmental sphere of concern are not expected to occur.

The exposure scenario per possible use of the substance shall appear as an annex of the SDS, if a Chemical Safety Report (CSR) was written.