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This file contains limit values for individual volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air or as emissions into indoor air, as used in European Union, in Germany, France, Belgium, and in California on
the next data sheet.
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We may update this list in the future when new limit values have been published.
Links to sources:
EU research report ECA no 29 (EUR 26168) "Harmonisation framework for health based evaluation of indoor emissions from construction products in the European Union using the EU-LCI concept", 2013.
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our_activities/public-health/indoor_air_quality/eca/jrc-published-harmonisation-framework-health-based-evaluation-emissions
www.eu-lci.org
Belgium:
http://www.eurofins.com/belgium-voc-limits
http://www.eurofins.com/media/10299194/belgium_royal_decree_emissions_kb_emissies_lcivalues_v1_.pdf
DIBt: Principles for the health assessment of construction products used in interiors (2010):
https://www.dibt.de/en/Departments/data/Aktuelles_Ref_II_4_6.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/pisa/app/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=pisa_notif_overview&sNlang=EN&iyear=2009&inum=167&lang=EN&iBack=2
AgBB: Health-related Evaluation Procedure for Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions (VOC and SVOC) from Building Products (2015):
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/health/commissions-working-groups/committee-for-health-related-evaluation-of-building
AFSSET, Risques sanitaires liés aux composés organiques volatils dans l’air intérieur (2009):
http://www.anses.fr/sites/default/files/documents/AIR2004et0011Ra-2.pdf
CDPH Standard Method v1.1 ("Section 01350") 1/2 Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs) (2010):
http://www.cal-iaq.org/phocadownload/cdph-iaq_standardmethod_v1_1_2010%20new1110.pdf
IRK-RW:
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/gesundheit/kommissionen-arbeitsgruppen/ad-hoc-arbeitsgruppe-innenraumrichtwerte
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/377/bilder/dateien/12_gesundheit_kommission_innraumlaufthygiene_empfehlungen_und_richtwerte20140131.xlsx
EU research report ECA no 18 (EUR 17334) "Evaluation of VOC Emissions from Building Products – Solid Flooring Materials", 1997.
http://www.inive.org/medias/ECA/ECA_Report18.pdf
Further links to sources may be found at www.product-testing.eurofins.com, or can be requested by email from voc@eurofins.com.
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013
1 1 0 Aromatic hydrocarbons
CDPH CDPH 71-43-2 Benzene 1 (carcinogen) 1 (carcinogen) 1 (carcinogen) 1 (carcinogen) 1 (carcinogen) 30 - -
1-1 1-1 108-88-3 Toluene 2900 300 2900 1900 300 150 300 3000
1-2 1-2 100-41-4 Ethyl benzene 850 850 850 4400 750 1000 200 2000
1-3 1-3 1330-20-7 Xylene, mix of o-, m- and p-xylene isomers 500 500 500 2200 200 350
(1-3) 1-4 106-42-3 p-Xylene 500 500 500 2200 200 350
(1-3) 1-5 108-38-3 m-Xylene 500 500 500 2200 200 350
(1-3) 1-6 95-47-6 o-Xylene 500 500 500 2200 200 350
1-4 1-7 98-82-8 Isopropylbenzene (Cumene) - 1000 500 1000 400 - 100 1000
1-5 1-8 103-65-1 n-Propyl benzene 950 950 950 1000 200 - 100 1000
1-6 1-10 108-67-8 1.3.5-Trimethylbenzene 450 450 450 1000 1000 - 100 1000
(1-6) 1-11 95-63-6 1.2.4-Trimethylbenzene 450 450 450 1000 1000 - 100 1000
(1-6) 1-12 526-73-8 1.2.3-Trimethylbenzene 450 450 450 1000 1000 - 100 1000
1-7 1-13 611-14-3 2-Ethyltoluene - 1000 550 1000 200 - 100 1000
1-8 1-14 527-84-4 1-Isopropyl-2-methylbenzene (o-cymene) 1000 1000 1000 1100 1000 - 100 1000
(1-8) 1-15 535-77-3 1-Isopropyl-3-methylbenzene (m-cymene) 1000 1000 1000 1100 1000 - 100 1000
(1-8) 1-16 99-87-6 1-Isopropyl-4-methylbenzene (p-cymene) 1000 1000 1000 1100 1000 - 100 1000
1-9 1-17 95-93-2 1.2.4.5-Tetramethyl benzene 500 1100 500 1100 200 - 100 1000
1-10 1-18 104-51-8 n-Butyl benzene 1100 1100 1100 1100 200 - 100 1000
1-11 1-19 99-62-7 1.3-Diisopropylbenzene 750 750 750 1400 200 - 100 1000
(1-11) 1-20 100-18-5 1.4-Diisopropylbenzene 750 750 750 1400 200 - 100 1000
1-12 1-21 2189-60-8 Phenyl octane and isomers 1100 1100 1100 1600 200 - 100 1000
1-13 1-22 104-72-3 1-Phenyldecane and isomers - 1800 1100 1800 200 - 100 1000
1-14 1-23 6742-54-7 1-Phenyl undecane and isomers - 1900 1100 1900 200 - 100 1000
1-15 1-24 4994-16-5 4-Phenyl cyclohexene (4-PCH) - 1300 300 1300 200 - 100 1000
1-16 1-25 100-42-5 Styrene 250 250 250 860 250 450 30 300
1-17 1-27 98-83-9 2-Phenylpropene (α-Methylstyrene) - 2500 2500 2500 1200 - - -
1-18 1-9 637-50-3 1-Propenyl benzene (ß-methyl styrene) - 2400 2400 2400 1200 - - -
1-19 1-26 536-74-3 Phenyl acetylene - 840 840 840 250 - - -
1-20 1-28 25013-15-4 Vinyl toluene (all isomers: o-,m-,p-methyl styrenes) - 4900 4900 4900 2400 - - -
1-21 1074-17-5 1-Methyl-2-propylbenzene - - - - 200 - 100 1000
(1-21) 1074-43-7 1-Methyl-3-propylbenzene - - - - 200 - 100 1000
1-22 1-29 0 Other alkylbenzenes, as long as indiv. isomers have not to - 1000 450 1000 - - 100 1000
1-23 1-30 91-20-3 Naphthalene 10 5 5 5 10 4.5 10 30
1-14 91-17-8 Decahydronaphthalene - - - - 1000 - -
1-25 1-31 95-13-6 Indene - 450 450 450 450 - - -
0 0 0 0
2 2 0 Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-, iso- and cyclo-)
2-1 2-2 110-54-3 n-Hexane - 72 72 72 700 3500 - -
2-2 2-3 110-82-7 Cyclohexane 6000 6000 6000 7000 6000 - - -
2-3 2-4 108-87-2 Methyl cyclohexane 8100 8100 8100 8100 8100 - - -
2-4 2-8 142-82-5 n-Heptane - 21000 21000 21000 - - -
2-5 2-9 0 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons until C8 - 15000 15000 15000 10000 - -
2-6 2-10 0 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons C9 til C16 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 200 2000
EU-wide harmonized German indoor air German indoor air
LCI values, proposal of French LCI (= CLI) list California EPA CREL long-term action level
JRC project Belgian limit values German LCI (= NIK) list German LCI (= NIK) list 2009 list recommendation recommendation
AgBB German IRK; in Italics: sum parameter
EU-LCI CAS-nr. Name LCI LCI NIK NIK CLI 1/2 CREL
2012 limit values
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013
6-17 6-16 109-59-1 Ethylene glycol isopropylether (2-Methylethoxyethanol) 220 220 220 220 200 - - -
6-18 6-35 112-49-2 Triethylene glycol-dimethyl ether - 7 7 7 20 - - -
6-19 6-14 110-80-5 Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (2-Ethoxyethanol) - 8 8 8 70 35 100 1000
6-20 6-21 111-15-9 Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate (2-Ethoxyethyl ace - 11 11 11 300 150 200 2000
6-21 6-19 629-14-1 1,2-Diethoxyethane - 10 10 10 70 - -
6-22 6-38 111-90-0 Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethan 350 350 350 350 350 - 700 2000
6-23 6-15 2807-30-9 Ethylene glycol monoisopropyl ether (2-Propoxyethanol) 860 860 860 860 850 - - -
6-24 6-3 111-76-2 Ethylene glycol-monobutylether (2-butoxyethanol) 1100 1100 1100 490 1000 - 100 1000
6-25 6-22 112-07-2 Ethylenglykolbutyletheracetat (2-Butoxyethyl acetate) - 1300 1300 1300 150 - 200 2000
6-26 6-5 112-34-5 Diethylene glycol-monobutylether 670 670 670 670 650 - 400 1000
6-27 6-11 124-17-4 Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (2-(2-butoxyeth 850 850 850 850 850 - - -
6-28 6-6 122-99-6 2-Phenoxyethanol 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 - - -
6-29 6-17 112-25-4 Ethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (2-Hexoxyethanol) - 1200 1400 1200 1000 - 100 1000
6-30 6-23 112-59-4 Diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (2-(2-Hexoxyethoxy)-ethano - 740 740 740 650 - - -
6-31 6-8 107-98-2 Propylene glycol monomethyl ether (1-Methoxy-2-propanol) - 3700 3700 3700 2000 3500 1000 10000
6-32 6-25 1589-47-5 1-Propylene glycol 2-methyl ether (2-Methoxy-1-propanol) 19 19 19 19 20 - - -
6-33 6-26 70657-70-4 1-Propylene glycol 2-methyl ether acetate (2-Methoxy-1-pro 28 28 28 28 30 - - -
6-34 6-36 7777-85-0 1.2.-Propylene glycol-dimethyl ether - 25 25 25 20 - - -
6-35 6-12 34590-94-8 Dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether 3100 3100 3100 3100 3100 - 2000 7000
6-26 6-29 88917-22-0 Dipropylene glycol-monomethyl ether acetate - 3900 3900 3900 3100 - - -
6-37 6-30 29911-27-1 Dipropylene glycol-mono-n-propylether - 740 740 740 650 - - -
6-38 6-31, 6-32 29911-28-2 / 3588Dipropylene glycol-mono-n-(t-)butylether - 810 810 810 650 - - -
6-39 6-34 20324-33-8 / 2549Tripropylene glycol-mono-methylether - 2000 2000 2000 1000 - - -
6-40 6-39 63019-84-1 / 8939Dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 - - -
6-41 6-42 2517-43-3 3-Methoxy-1-butanol - 500 500 500 - - -
6-42 6-43 1569-01-3 / 301361,2-Propylene glycol n-propylether - 1400 1400 1400 - - -
6-43 6-44 5131-66-8 / 29387-1,2-Propylene glycol n-butylether - 1600 1600 1600 - - -
6-44 6-45 104-68-7 Diethylene glycol phenylether - 1450 1450 1450 - - -
6-45 6-46 126-30-7 Neopentyl glycol - 1000 1000 1000 - - -
0 0 0 0
7 7 0 Aldehyde
(in Germany no NIK, but E1
7-1 (VVOC) 50-00-0 Formaldehyde (VVOC) classification value of 120 is
100 required) 10 9
7-2 (VVOC) 7-20 75-07-0 Acetaldehyde (VVOC) 1200 100 1200 - 200 70 100 1000
7-3 (VVOC) 7-21 123-38-6 Propanal (VVOC) - 200 - - 8 - -
7-4 (VVOC) 7-1 123-72-8 Butanal (VVOC) 650 650 650 640 650 - 100 2000
7-5 7-2 110-62-3 Pentanal 800 800 800 1700 1700 - 100 2000
7-6 7-3 66-25-1 Hexanal 900 900 900 890 650 - 100 2000
7-7 7-4 111-71-7 Heptanal 900 900 900 1000 650 - 100 2000
7-8 7-5 123-05-7 2-Ethyl-hexanal 900 900 900 1100 650 - 100 2000
7-9 7-6 124-13-0 Octanal 900 900 900 1100 650 - 100 2000
7-10 7-7 124-19-6 Nonanal 900 900 900 1300 650 - 100 2000
7-11 7-8 112-31-2 Decanal 900 900 900 1400 650 - 100 2000
EU-wide harmonized German indoor air German indoor air
LCI values, proposal of French LCI (= CLI) list California EPA CREL long-term action level
JRC project Belgian limit values German LCI (= NIK) list German LCI (= NIK) list 2009 list recommendation recommendation
AgBB German IRK; in Italics: sum parameter
EU-LCI CAS-nr. Name LCI LCI NIK NIK CLI 1/2 CREL
2012 limit values
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013
11-1 127-18-4 Tetrachloroethene (Tetrachloroethylene) - deleted because deemed deleted because deemed
- of no relevance of no relevance 250 17.5 - -
11-2 56-23-5 Tetrachloromethane - - - - 35 20 - -
11-3 106-46-7 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 150 150 - - 60 400 - -
CREL 75-35-4 1,1-Dichloroethylene - - - - - 35 - -
CREL 79-01-6 Trichloroethene - - - - - 300 - -
CREL 75-09-2 Dichloromethane (Methylenchloride) - - - - 450 200 200 2000
CREL 108-90-7 Chlorobenzene - - - - 60 500 - -
CREL 67-66-3 Chloroform - - - - - 150 - -
CREL 71-55-6 Methylchloroform - - - - - 500 - -
0 0 0 0
12 12 0 Others
12-1 12-1 123-91-1 1.4-Dioxan - 73 73 73 3000 1500 - -
12-2 12-2 105-60-2 Caprolactam 300 300 300 240 100 - - -
12-3 12-3 872-50-4 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidon 400 400 400 400 400 - - -
12-4 12-4 556-67-2 Octamethylcyclotetra-siloxane (D4) 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 - 400 4000
12-5 12-12 541-02-6 Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) - 1500 1500 1500 - - 400 4000
12-6 12-13 540-97-6 Dodecamethylcyclohexa-siloxane (D6) - 1200 1200 1200 - - 400 4000
12-7 12-5 100-97-0 Hexamethylenetetramine 30 30 30 30 30 - - -
12-8 12-6 96-29-7 2-Butanonoxime - 20 20 20 90 - - -
12-9 12-7 126-73-8 Tributyl phosphate - - SVOC - no LCI SVOC - no LCI 2 - - -
EU-wide harmonized German indoor air German indoor air
LCI values, proposal of French LCI (= CLI) list California EPA CREL long-term action level
JRC project Belgian limit values German LCI (= NIK) list German LCI (= NIK) list 2009 list recommendation recommendation
AgBB German IRK; in Italics: sum parameter
EU-LCI CAS-nr. Name LCI LCI NIK NIK CLI 1/2 CREL
2012 limit values
JRC values; if no
LCI available, then
JRC project, ECA AgBB 2012 NIK; red = changed in CDPH Standard
no. no. AgBB AFSSET / ANSES RW I RW II
report 29 separate limits for 2015 Method v 1.1
toluene, form- and
acetaldehyde
2013 / 2014 / 2015 Oct. 2014 2015 2012 2009 2010 2013