Expert appraisal on recommending occupational exposure limits for chemical agents Assessment of health effects at the workplace for endotoxins
Expertise en vue de la fixation de valeurs limites d’exposition à des agents chimiques en milieu professionnel - Évaluation des effets sur la santé sur le lieu de travail pour les endotoxines
Résumé
The French system for establishing Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) has three clearly distinct phases:
- Independent scientific expertise (the phase entrusted to Anses);
- Proposal by the Ministry of Labour of a draft regulation for the establishment of limit values,
which may be binding or indicative;
- Stakeholder consultation during the presentation of the draft regulation to the French Steering Committee on Working Conditions (COCT). The aim of this phase is to discuss the
effectiveness of the limit values and if necessary to determine a possible implementation
timetable, depending on any technical and economic feasibility.
The organisation of the scientific expertise phase required for the establishment of OELs was
entrusted to the agency in the framework of the French 2005-2009 Occupational Health Plan.
