The GHS Purple Book 3rd revised edition, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Rev.3, is officially published in July 2009 available at the UNECE Website:
This revision takes into account all these amendments concerning:
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new provisions for the allocation of hazard statements;
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new provisions for the labelling of small packagings;
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two new sub-categories for respiratory and skin sensitization;
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the revision of the classification criteria for long-term hazards (chronic toxicity) to the aquatic environment; and
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a new hazard class for substances and mixtures hazardous to the ozone layer.
Significance of this amendment is also available at the UNECE Website:
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_rev02/02amend_e.html(Open in a new window)