Practice information

Laws, regulations and information on the storage of hazardous substances

1. important laws and regulations

ADR	Regulations for the transport of dangerous goods
ASR	Workplace Directive
AwSV	Ordinance on Installations for Handling Substances Hazardous to Water
BetrSichV	Industrial Safety Ordinance
BImSchG	Federal Immission Control Act
BImSchV	Federal Immission Control Ordinance (e.g. 4th BImSchV, 12th BImSchV)
ChemG	Chemicals Act
CLP	Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
DGUV	German Social Accident Insurance
GefStoffV	Hazardous Substances Ordinance
LBauO	Building regulations of the federal states
LöRüRL	Extinguishing water retention guideline
REACH	Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
StawaR	Steel trough guideline
TRBS	Technical rules for operational safety
TRGS	Technical regulations for hazardous substances (e.g. TRGS 509, 510)
TRwS	Technical rules for substances hazardous to water
WHG	Water Resources Act

2. specialised company according to § 62 AwSV

Systems for storing substances hazardous to water may only be erected, installed and set up by specialised companies in accordance with AwSV. A manufacturer qualification in accordance with DIN EN 1090-2 execution class EXC2 is required for production.

3. water-polluting liquids

Designation	Water hazard classes
Highly hazardous to water	WGK 3
hazardous to water	WGK 2
slightly hazardous to water	WGK 1

4. collection volume

The collecting device (drip tray) must collect 10% of the total quantity stored above it, but at least the contents of the largest individual container.
In water protection areas, 100% of the storage quantity must be collected if storage is permitted.

5. authorisations

Manufacturer's declaration of conformity (ÜHP) for collection systems with a collection volume of up to 1000 litres in accordance with the DIBt Steel Sump Guideline (StawaR). In addition, the DIBt issues general building authority approvals (abZ), general type approvals (aBG) or European Technical Assessments (ETA) for products that do not comply with the StawaR and for collection systems made of plastic, regardless of the collection volume.

6 CLP and GHS

Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 introduced a standardised European labelling system based on the Globally Harmonised System (GHS). The CLP / GHS has been mandatory for all substances since 1 June 2015.

7. REACH

Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 is directly related to CLP and serves, among other things, to register and evaluate chemical substances. REACH collects data for health and safety risks of chemical substances as a basis for e.g. safety data sheets (SDS), risk assessments (RSA).