| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| CBI | Confidential Business Information |
| CEFIC | Euorpean Chemical Industry Body |
| CMR | Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and/or Toxic to Reproduction |
| CSA | Chemical Safety Assessment |
| CSR | Chemical Safety Report |
| DRC | Declaration of REACH Conformity |
| DU | Downstream user (e.g. customers) |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau (Ispra, Italy) |
| ECHA | European Chemicals Agency (Helsinki, Finland) |
| EINECS | EU Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances |
| ELINCS | EU List of New Chemical Substances |
| ES | Exposure Scenario |
| EU | European Union comprised of 27 member states |
| IUCLID | International Uniform Chemical Information Database |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry |
| M/I | Manufacturer/Importer |
| NLP | No Longer Polymer |
| ORR | Only Representative Registration |
| PBT | Persistent, Bioaccumulative & Toxic |
| P-I | Phase in Substance |
| PPORD | Product & Process Oriented Research & Development |
| QSAR | Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship |
| REACH | Registration, Evaluation and Authorization (and Restriction) of Chemicals |
| RIP | REACH Implementation Project |
| RMM | Risk Management Measures |
| SDS | Safety Data Sheets |
| SEA | Socio-Economic Assessment |
| SIEF | Substance Information Exchange Forum |
| SME | Small & Medium sized Enterprises |
| SVHC | Substance of Very High Concern |
| SVT | Substance Volume Tracking |
| TPA | Tonne per Annum |
| UVCB | Substance of Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials |
| vPvB | very Persistent & very Bioaccumulative |
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