16/04/2024

OELs, post-assessment consultation

Collecting all the scientific data required for assessment

One of the main missions of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) is to contribute to health and safety in the workplace. In this context, ANSES has been entrusted by the Ministry of Labour to organise independent and collective scientific expert assessments in order to set occupational exposure limits (OELs) based on health criteria for chemical substances.

The Agency has set up a consultation phase for the expert assessment report projects of its Expert Committee on "Expert appraisal for recommending occupational exposure limits for chemical agents" (OEL Expert Committee).

Collecting all the scientific data required for assessment

One of the main missions of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) is to contribute to health and safety in the workplace. In this context, ANSES has been entrusted by the Ministry of Labour to organise independent and collective scientific expert assessments in order to set occupational exposure limits (OELs) based on health criteria for chemical substances.

The Agency has set up a consultation phase for the expert assessment report projects of its Expert Committee on "Expert appraisal for recommending occupational exposure limits for chemical agents" (OEL Expert Committee).

Objectives of the consultation

The aim of this public consultation phase is to enable interested parties to share their comments regarding the scientific data collected for and used in the expertise work, and to express their positions regarding application of the available data by the OEL Expert Committee, prior to publication of the Agency's finalised reports and opinions.
This will enable ANSES to:
  • identify any important publications or scientific data that were not taken into account;
  • collect any comments on the interpretation of the available data;
  • collect any information that might help improve and develop the methodology used by the Agency for establishing and measuring occupational exposure limits for chemicals.

Public consultation submission instructions

The interested parties must use the e-mail address specifically created for each expert assessment. Documents sent by the postal service will not be accepted.

Please identify yourself at the beginning of your message (last name, first name and position / job title) as well as the organisation you are representing for this consultation submission if you are not submitting data in a personal capacity.

Please clearly identify the page numbers and line numbers concerned by your comments and remarks.

Comments and remarks will not be taken into consideration if:

  • they are submitted after the deadline set for the consultation period;

  • they do not refer to the content of the documents used for the consultation;

  • they involve political or risk management issues, which fall outside of the field of this work;

  • they contain complaints against institutions, personal accusations or irrelevant or offensive declarations;

Dossiers currently in public consultation phase:

No consultation