7. Abbreviations and acronyms

CAS: chemical abstracts service .

EC: European Community.

EEA: European Economic Area –.

ELINCS: European list of notified chemical substances.

EINECS: European inventory of existing commercial chemical substances.

HSE: health, safety and environment.

QSE: Quality, Safety, Environment.

REACh: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals ( Règlement (CE) n° 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and Council of December 18, 2006).

EU: European Union....