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 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 18 décembre 2006 ).

EU: European Union....