Abbreviation

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AF

Attributable Fraction

BIA

Business Impact Assessment

BT

Benefit Transfer

C&L

Classification and Labelling

CAPEX

Capital Expenditure

CAS

Chemical Abstract Service

CBA

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CEA

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

CEFIC

European Chemical Industry Council

CMR's

Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Toxic

CoI

Costs of Illness

CSA

Chemical Safety Assessment

CSL

Case Study Leader

CSR

Chemical Safety Report

CSTEE

Scientific Committee on Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environment (CSTEE)

CTSA

Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment

CV

Contingent Valuation

DALY

Disability Adjusted Life Years

DNEL

Derived No-Effect Level

DPD

Dangerous Preparations Directive

DU

Downstream Users

DUCC

Downstream Users of Chemicals Co-ordination Group

EBW

Exposure-Based Waiving

EC

European Commission

ECB

European Chemicals Bureau

ECVAM

JRC's European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods

EDEXIM

European Database of Export and Import

EIF

Entry Into Force (date)

EINECS

European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances

EINECS

List of substances compiled in 1981 that today are considered "existing substances"

ELINCS

European List of Notified Chemical Substances

EMEA

European Medicines Agency

Endocrine disrupters

Substances of very high concern that mimic or inhibit the effects of hormones.

EPA

Environment Protection Agency, USA

ES

Exposure Scenario

ESIS

European Chemical Substance Information System

ESR

Existing Substance Regulations

EURAT

European Risk Assessment Tracking System

EUSES

European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances

EVRI

Environment Valuation Research Inventory

FRED

Framework for Responsible Environmental Decision Making (USA EPA's)

GHS

Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

GLP

Good Laboratory Practice

HALY

Health Adjusted Life Year

HELI

Health and Environmental Linkages Initiative (WHO)

HERA

Human & Environmental Risk Assessment Project

HERO

Highest Expected Regulatory Outcome

HPLC

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

HPV

High Production Volume Chemicals

HSE

Health Safety and Environment

HYE

Health Years Equivalent

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

ICCA

International Council of Chemical Associations

IFCS

Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety

IHCP

Institute for health and consumer protection

ILO

International Labour Organisation

in vitro-testing

Studies done with cell or tissue cultures

in vivo -testing

Studies done with live animals

IPCS

International Programme on Chemical Safety

IRPTC

International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals

ISO

International Standards Organisation

IUCLID

International Uniform Chemical Information Database

IUPAC

International Union for Pure Applied Chemistry

JRC

Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

JRC

Joint Research Centre

LCA

Life Cycle Assessment

LOEL

Lowest observed Effect Level

LVP

Low Production Volume Chemicals

M/I

Manufacturers / Importers

MOS

Margins of safety

MS

Member State

MSCA

Member State Competent Authority

NCD

New Chemicals Database

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NLP

No-Longer Polymers

NOAEL

No observed adverse effect level

NOEC

No observed effect concentration

NOEL

No observed effect level

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ORATS

Online European Risk Assessment Tracking System

OSOR

One Substance One Registration

OSPAR

Oslo - Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic

PBT

Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic

PEC

Predicted Environmental concentration

PEYLL

Period Expected Years of Life Lost

PIC

Prior Informed Consent (the Rotterdam Convention of Prior Informed Consent sets up a system to control international trade in certain hazardous substances.

PNEC

Predicted no effect concentrations

PNEC

Predicted No-Effect Concentration

Polymers

large molecules consisting of repeated chemical units (monomers)

POPs

Persistent Organic Pollutants

PPORD

Product & Process Orientated R&D

PPORD

Product and Process Oriented Research and Development

PRODUCE

Piloting REACH for Downstream Use and Communication in Europe

PYLL

Period Years of Life Lost

QALY

Quality Adjusted Life Years

RA

Risk Assessment

RAR

Risk Assessment Report

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System.

REACH

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

RIPs

REACH Implementation Projects

RMM

Risk management measures

SAICM

Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

SAR (Q)SAR

(Quantitative) Structure Activity Relationship

SC

Supply Chain

SDS

Safety Data Sheet

SEA

Socio-economic analysis

SEG

Stakeholder Expert Group

SEYLL

Standard Expected Years of Life Lost

SIDS

Screening Information Data Set

SIEF

Substance Information Exchange Forum

SPORT

Strategic Partnership on REACH Testing

SVHC

Substance of Very High Concern

TGD

Technical Guidance Document

TRA

Targeted Risk Assessment

TSCA

Toxic Substance Control Act

UEAPME

European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

UICPA

Union Internationale de Chimie Pure et Appliquée.

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNICE

Union des Industries de la Communauté Européenne

UVCB

Substances of unknown variable composition, complex reaction products or biological materials

vPvB

Very Persistent and Very Bioaccumulative

YLLs

Years of Life Lost