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The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published the REACH Authorisation List, [28] in an effort to tighten the use of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). The list is an official recommendation from the ECHA to the European Commission. The list is also regularly updated and expanded.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; / ˈ ɛ k ə / EK-ə) is an agency of the European Union working for the safe use of chemicals. It manages the technical and administrative aspects of the implementation of the European Union regulation called Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
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 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 ]
The European Community number (EC number) is a unique seven-digit identifier that was assigned to substances for regulatory purposes within the European Union by the European Commission. The EC Inventory comprises three individual inventories, EINECS, ELINCS and the NLP list. [1] European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances ...
The addition of a substance to the SVHC Candidate List [2] by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is the first step in the procedure for the authorisation or restriction of a chemical. [3] It is expected that industries operating in EU member states abide by the regulations of REACH and submit chemicals for consideration when appropriate. [4]
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