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The information is technical but gives detail on the impact of each chemical on people and the environment. This also gives European consumers the right to ask retailers whether the goods they buy contain dangerous substances. In 2018, the first "registration" phase of REACH had ended, with over 21,500 chemicals being added to the ECHA database.
It is the key tool for chemical industry to fulfill data submission obligations under REACH, the most important European Union legal document covering the production and use of chemical substances. The software is maintained by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA. [1] The latest version, version 6, was made available on 29 April 2016.
The European Chemicals Agency has set three major deadlines for registration of chemicals. In general these are determined by tonnage manufactured or imported, with 1000 tonnes/a. being required to be registered by 1 December 2010, 100 tonnes/a. by 1 June 2013 and 1 tonne/a. by 1 June 2018. [ 6 ]
The European chemical Substances Information System (ESIS) is an IT system that provides information on chemicals in different lists. The ESIS database includes the following elements (please note that since 2008, the databases marked with ++ have been taken over by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which will also ensure further updates):
The European chemical Substances Information System (ESIS) was a chemoinformatics database that stored information system on chemicals of the European Union. It was created in the year 2003 by the former European Chemicals Bureau , which completed its mandate in 2008. [ 1 ]
ECHA's database of registered nanoform substances – European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) publishes information on chemical substances registered under REACH. This information covers the intrinsic properties of each substance and their impact on health and the environment. The data comes directly from companies who make or import the substances.
The unique formula identifier (UFI) is a code printed on products with hazardous mixtures in the European Economic Area (EEA), meant to help calls to poison control centers to determine the contents. The UFI is mandated in the European Economic Area for consumer, professional and industrial products containing hazardous mixtures. [ 1 ]
English: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) Commission communication pursuant to Article 13 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling cf dangerous substances, as amended by Directive 79/831/EEC