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Compilation of EINECS: Descriptions and definitions used for substances,impurities and mixtures |
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| Authors: | G. Vollmer K. Rasmussen G. Christ O. Nøager J. B. Davis A. van der Wielen |
| Affiliation: | 1. European Commission, Directorate General‐JRC, Joint Research Centre ‐ ISPRA , Environment Institute , Ispra, VA, I‐21020, Italy;2. Health and Safety Executive , Magdalen House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 3QZ, UK;3. Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting , Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer , DGMH/BWS, Rijnstraat 8, Postbus 30945, den Haag, NL‐2500 GX |
| Abstract: | The European INventory of Existing commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) lists all substances which were on the European Community Market between 1 January 1971 and 18 September 1981. Substances on EINECS are known as ‘existing’ substances. The EINECS inventory was drawn up by the European Commission to meet the requirements of article 13 of Directive 79/831/EEC [1]. EINECS was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in 1990 [2]. This paper describes how individual substances, impurities and mixtures were defined and dealt with when registered for the EINECS inventory. It is the first in a series of such papers. |
| Keywords: | EINECS definition of substances European legislation |