Title: limit value
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - limit value
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14800
Status: current

Definition
Limit concentration at or below which Member States of the European Community must set their environmental quality standard and emission standard for a particular substance according to Community Directives.

Related Terms
- emission standard: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14631
- environmental quality standard: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14645

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 905 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14800/xml

Citation: Citation: 'limit value' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14800
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