7. Abbreviations and acronyms

CAS: chemical abstracts service.

DSD: Dangerous Substances Directive (EC directive no. 67/548/EEC).

ECHA: European Chemicals Agency.

EEA: European Economic Area –.

EINECS: European inventory of existing commercial chemical substances.

ELINCS: European list of notified chemical substances.

NLP: no longer polymers.

REACh: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (EC regulation no. 1907/2006).

SIEF: substance information exchange forum.