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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS
Will you manage alone ?
Almost every company involved in production, import or distribution of chemicals
during its activity sooner or later may be faced with handling of
dangerous substances or preparations, i.e., posing risk for human health
or environment1
The intrinsic properties of chemicals are major indicates to treat any substance
or preparation as dangerous.
An inventory of dangerous substances including their classification and labeling are
inserted to the Annex of relevant Regulation of the Minister of Health2,
but in case of preparations you should make the process of classification3 yourself.
If the product, you would like to place on the market, has dangerous properties, i.e., it is:
Explosive, oxidizing, extremely or highly flammable,
Toxic or very toxic, harmful, corrosive, irritant, sensitizing,
Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMR chemical),
Dangerous for environment,
you are obliged to work out the material safety data sheet 4 for this product.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
includes all information about dangerous properties of
substance or preparation and comprises principles and recommendations concerning their safe handling.
It is intended first of all for professional users in order to enable them
taking relevant measures indispensable to assure high level of safety
and protection of human health
and safety.
Remember, application and handling of dangerous substances and preparations are not allowed
without the material safety data sheet!
While placing the dangerous product on the Polish market
(and also on the territory of the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein
and Norway),
you are obliged to submit the MSDS free of charge for the customer
at the day of first delivery
at the latest.
In case of any new information appearance concerning your product you have
the obligation to update the MSDS delivered previously to the customer.
That is not all. You may be requested to deliver the MSDS according to current legal
requirements 5for the preparation even not classified as dangerous.
The Inspector for Chemical Substances and Preparations decides, whether your product meets
all conditions of placing it on the market or not (one of the condition is drawing up the MSDS).
The following institutions control the chemicals management in differentiated
range resulted from the legal requirements 1:
Sanitary Inspection;
Environmental Inspectorate;
State Labor Inspection;
Trade Inspection;
State Fire Brigade Headquarters;
Border Guard and Custom Authorities.
There are several penal sanctions provided by law:
Who against of Inspector decision
Who places on the market the dangerous substance or
dangerous preparation [...] without required MSDS
Who delivers incomplete or unreliable MSDS
Who advertises dangerous substance or preparation without danger
category specification or without informing about type of hazards
Who does not notice the Inspector about new data
Mentioned above institutions more and more in detail analyze meeting of the
law in practice. They may sooner or later come to you.
Are you prepared for this visit ?
Of course, you can prepare the MSDS yourself trusting your knowledge in this area
(especially if you are a producer) or on the base of MSDS worked out by your supplier
(in case you are importer or distributor).
To rely on suppliers documents may be not always a good solution and it
does not mean, you are in accordance with local law.
Translation of the MSDS into Polish (even if you employ a sworn translator)
may also not solve the problem.
In latter cases you are not able to verify the data included in the original MSDS
and transpose them to the Polish legal requirements.
If you want to be sure that your MSDS offered to your customers fulfills the
chemicals Polish legal requirements, and simultaneously you are of opinion that our
ancestors were clever inventing social division of labor, please, do not hesitate
and take advantage of our offer.
Your trust and cooperation with us will be highly appreciated !!!
Marcela Palczewska-Tulinska, M. Sc.
Group of Physicochemical Fundamentals of Technological Processes
Separation and Purification of Chemical Compounds Department
Tel. +48 (22) 568 20 39, +48 (22) 568 20 32.
1. Ustawa z dnia 11 stycznia 2001 r. o substancjach i preparatach chemicznych
(Dz. U. Nr 11, poz. 84 z dnia 14 lutego 2001 r.) - tekst uwzględniający zapisy w:
Dz. U. Nr 100, poz. 1085 z dnia 18 września 2001 r.,
Dz. U. Nr 123, poz. 1350 z dnia 25 października 2001 r.,
Dz. U. Nr 125, poz. 1367 z dnia 30 października 2001 r.,
Dz. U. Nr 135, poz. 1145 z dnia 28 sierpnia 2002 r.,
Dz. U. Nr 142, poz. 1187 z dnia 6 września 2002 r.
Ustawa z dnia 17 października 2003 r. o zmianie ustawy o substancjach
i preparatach chemicznych oraz o zmianie niektórych innych ustaw
(Dz. U. Nr 189, poz. 1852)
2. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 2 września 2003 r. w sprawie wykazu
substancji niebezpiecznych wraz z ich klasyfikacją i oznakowaniem
(Dz. U. Nr 199, poz. 1948 z dnia 24 listopada 2003 r.)
3. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 2 września 2003 r. w sprawie kryteriów
i sposobu klasyfikacji substancji i preparatów chemicznych
(Dz. U. Nr 171, poz.1666 z dnia 2 października 2003 r.)
4. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 3 lipca 2002 r. zmieniające rozporządzenie
w sprawie karty charakterystyki substancji niebezpiecznej i preparatu niebezpiecznego
(Dz. U. Nr 2, poz. 8 z 6 stycznia 2005 r.)
5. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 14 sierpnia 2002 r. w sprawie obowiązku dostarczenia
karty charakterystyki niektórych preparatów nie zaklasyfikowanych
jako niebezpieczne
(Dz. U. Nr 142, poz. 1194 z dnia 6 września 2002 r.)
6. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 17 stycznia 2003 r. w sprawie informacji o
preparatach niebezpiecznych, dla których nie jest wymagane dostarczenie karty
charakterystyki
(Dz. U. Nr 19, poz. 170 z dnia 7 lutego 2003 r.)
7. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 2 września 2003 r. w sprawie oznakowania
opakowań substancji niebezpiecznych i preparatów niebezpiecznych
(Dz. U. Nr 173, poz. 1679 z dnia 6 października 2003 r.)
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