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New industrial chemicals notification and assessment schemes have been established in the majority of OECD Member countries, creating a range of notification and assessment requirements. While they have been instrumental in reducing risks of chemicals to human health and the environment, the diversity of schemes and requirements between the countries brings complexity both to industry and government. One of the recommendations of the 1996 OECD Workshop on Sharing Information about New Industrial Chemicals Assessment was to encourage sharing of information about new industrial chemicals notification and assessment.
The OECD's New Industrial Chemicals Information Directory is one of the follow-up activities of the above workshop and it aims to:
- improve awareness among industry of the different schemes and their requirements;
- provide readily accessible information about existing schemes to those countries currently developing or considering the development of new chemicals notification schemes;and
- provide a basis on which to facilitate future ways to share information.
Please note that information about pesticides is not covered in this directory.
Information about (1) notification and assessment schemes, (2) contact points (3) sources of information on notification and assessment schemes and (4) sources of information on specific chemicals are available under the following table. Please click on the country name of your interest.
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