H-Class Database

H-Class is a database developed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. It includes dangerous substances/groups of substances, which have been discussed or are presently under discussion by the European Commission. Even substances not classified because of lack of evidence or insufficient information are included. The database primarily concern classification and labelling of health effects but physical-chemical properties and classifications of environmental hazards are also described to provide an overview of the complete classification of substances included in the EU harmonised ”List of Dangerous Substances” contained in Annex I of the Council Directive 67/548/EEC. Documents concerning classification proposals and comments, agendas and reports from working-group meetings for substance entries are available. Please note that only European Union legislation published in the paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic.

The steering group for the Nordic Council of Ministers project on Hazard Classification and Labelling is responsible for the updating of the H-Class database. The members representing each of the Nordic countries are at present:

From Denmark:	Lena Höglund Danish Environmental Protection Agency
From Finland:	Paul Kreuzer Lars Nylund National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health Chemicals Department Riitta Leinonen Finnish Enviroment Institute
From Norway:	Solvår hardeng Christine Bjørge Stine Husa Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
From Iceland:	Níels Jónsson Sigrun Guðmundsdóttir Environment and Food Agency of Iceland
From Sweden:	Pernilla Karlsson Lennart Dock Jonas Falck Swedish Chemicals Agency