6. Abbreviations and acronyms

CAS: chemical abstracts service.

EC: European Community.

CMR: carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic.

ECHA: European Chemicals Agency.

EINECS: European inventory of existing commercial chemical substances.

SDS: safety data sheet.

NLP :no longer polymers .

RDAPP: Product and Process Oriented Research and Development – PPORD).

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

EU: European Union.