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identification
PREAMBLE: REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals [go to this PREAMBLE]
... (76) Experience at international level shows that substances with characteristics rendering them persistent, liable to bioaccumulate and toxic, or very persistent and very liable to bioaccumulate, present a very high concern, while criteria have been developed allowing the identification of such substances. For certain other substances concerns are sufficiently high to address them in the same way on a case-by-case basis. The criteria in Annex XIII should be reviewed taking into account the current and any new experience in the identification of these substances and if appropriate, be amended with a view to ensuring a high level of protection for human health and the environment. ...
... (76) Experience at international level shows that substances with characteristics rendering them persistent, liable to bioaccumulate and toxic, or very persistent and very liable to bioaccumulate, present a very high concern, while criteria have been developed allowing the identification of such substances. For certain other substances concerns are sufficiently high to address them in the same way on a case-by-case basis. The criteria in Annex XIII should be reviewed taking into account the current and any new experience in the identification of these substances and if appropriate, be amended with a view to ensuring a high level of protection for human health and the environment. ...
ARTICLE-14: Chemical safety report and duty to apply and recommend risk reduction measures [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) exposure assessment including the generation of exposure scenario(s) (or the identification of relevant use and exposure categories if appropriate) and exposure estimation; ...
ARTICLE-31: Requirements for safety data sheets [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. identification of the substance/preparation and of the company/undertaking; ...
... 2. hazards identification; ...
ARTICLE-59: Identification of substances referred to in Article 57 [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. Within 60 days of circulation, the other Member States or the Agency may comment on the identification of the substance in relation to the criteria in Article 57 in the dossier to the Agency. ...
... 8. If, within 30 days of the referral, the Member State Committee reaches a unanimous agreement on the identification, the Agency shall include the substance in the list referred to in paragraph 1. The Agency may include that substance in its recommendations under Article 58(3). ...
... 9. If the Member State Committee fails to reach a unanimous agreement, the Commission shall prepare a draft proposal
on the identification of the substance within three months of receipt of the opinion of the Member State Committee. A final decision on the identification of the substance shall be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 133(3). ...
... 9. If the Member State Committee fails to reach a unanimous agreement, the Commission shall prepare a draft proposal
on the identification of the substance within three months of receipt of the opinion of the Member State Committee. A final decision on the identification of the substance shall be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 133(3). ...
ARTICLE-76: Composition [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) a Member State Committee, which shall be responsible for resolving potential divergences of opinions on draft decisions
proposed by the Agency or the Member States under Title VI and proposals for identification of substances of very high concern to be subjected to the authorisation procedure under Title VII; ...
ARTICLE-95: Conflicts of opinion with other bodies [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Agency shall take care to ensure early identification of potential sources of conflict between its opinions and those of other bodies established under Community law, including
Community Agencies, carrying out a similar task in relation to issues of common concern. ...
ARTICLE-I: GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ASSESSING SUBSTANCES AND PREPARING CHEMICAL SAFETY REPORTS [go to this ARTICLE]
... - the hazard identification for the effect based on all available non-human information, ...
... 1.4. Step 4 : Identification of DNEL(s) ...
... - the hazard identification based on all available information, ...
... 3.3. Step 3 : Identification of the PNEC ...
... If the substance fulfils the criteria an emission characterisation shall be conducted comprising the relevant parts of
the exposure assessment as described in Section 5. In particular it shall contain an estimation of the amounts of the substance
released to the different environmental compartments during all activities carried out by the manufacturer or importer and all identified uses, and an identification of the likely routes by which humans and the environment are exposed to the substance. ...
ARTICLE-II: GUIDE TO THE COMPILATION OF SAFETY DATA SHEETS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE/PREPARATION AND OF THE COMPANY/UNDERTAKING ...
... 1.1. Identification of the substance or preparation ...
... The term used for identification shall be identical to that provided on the label as set out in Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC. ...
... Other means of identification available may also be indicated. ...
... 1.3. Company/undertaking identification ...
... 2. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION ...
ARTICLE-VI: INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10 [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE ...
... 2.3.7. Description of the analytical methods or the appropriate bibliographical references for the identification of the substance and, where appropriate, for the identification of impurities and additives. This information shall be sufficient to allow the methods to be reproduced. ...
... 2.3.7. Description of the analytical methods or the appropriate bibliographical references for the identification of the substance and, where appropriate, for the identification of impurities and additives. This information shall be sufficient to allow the methods to be reproduced. ...
ARTICLE-IX: STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTANCES MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED IN QUANTITIES OF 100 TONNES OR MORE [68] [go to this ARTICLE]
... 9.2.3.Identification of degradation products | 9.2.3.Unless the substance is readily biodegradable | ...
ARTICLE-XIII: CRITERIA FOR
THE IDENTIFICATION OF PERSISTENT, BIOACCUMULATIVE AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES,
AND VERY PERSISTENT AND VERY BIOACCUMULATIVE SUBSTANCES [go to this ARTICLE]
... CRITERIA FOR
THE IDENTIFICATION OF PERSISTENT, BIOACCUMULATIVE AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES,
AND VERY PERSISTENT AND VERY BIOACCUMULATIVE SUBSTANCES ...
... This Annex lays down the criteria for the identification of: ...
ARTICLE-XV: DOSSIERS [go to this ARTICLE]
... - the identification of PBTs, vPvBs, or a substance of equivalent concern, ...
... 2. Dossier for the identification of a substance as a CMR, PBT, vPvB or a substance of equivalent concern according to Article 59 ...
ARTICLE-XVII: RESTRICTIONS ON THE MANUFACTURE, PLACING ON THE MARKET AND USE OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, PREPARATIONS AND ARTICLES
[go to this ARTICLE]
... The index number is the identification code given to the substance in Annex I of Directive 67/548/EEC. Substances are listed in the Appendix according to this index number. ...
... For each substance listed in the EINECS there is an identification code. The code starts at 200-001 8. ...
... For each new substance notified under the Directive 67/548/EEC an identification code has been defined and published in the ELINCS. The code starts at 400-010-9. ...
... Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers have been defined for substances to help in their identification. ...