Ladies and Gentlemen,

please find on the following pages the BDI catalogue "standard phrases for establishing safety data sheets" for your disposition. This catalogue has been completed in autumn 1999 by the BDI Task Force Team "Standard Phrases" and has been revised since at regular intervals. The BDI standard phrases catalogue for establishing EC safety data sheets is further gaininig significance with regard to REACH and GHS. Currently, the catalogue is being adapted step by step to the new requirements. The current version is already available in 28 languages.

The BDI offers the following documents for download:

Questions of general nature are kindly requested to be addressed to Dr. Hillmer, for more specific questions as regards the respective chapters, please make use of the following list of e-mail-addresses, this holds as well for requests of modifications or introduction of new items.

Chapter 1, 3: Dr. Damrau
Chapter 2, 15: Mr. Simmchen
Chapter 4: Mrs. Freund
Chapter 5: Dr. Werner
Chapter 6: Mr. Schmidt
Chapter 7: Dr. Leymann
Chapter 8: Dr. Rathmann
Chapter 9: Dr. Schulte
Chapter 10: Prof. Dr. Schendler
Chapter 11: Dr. Fleig
Chapter 12: Mrs. Palauschek
Chapter 13: Dr. Sossdorf
Chapter 14: Mr. Boenisch
Chapter 16: Dr. Hillmer
EU-languages and software integration: Dr. Henckels