New Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment in the United Kingdom

• Name of the scheme: The Notification of New Substances (NONS)
• Language(s): which can be used for notification/registration English (UK)
• Year when the scheme was established: 1982
• Year when the scheme was last modified: 31 January 1994

2-1 Contacts in the government

• Anton Wilson
  Industrial Chemicals Unit (HD-D3(NONS))
  Health & Safety Executives
  Magdalen House, Stanley Precinct, Liverpool L20 3QZ
  Telephone: +44 (0)151 951 3011/3295
  Fax: +44 (0)151 951 3308
  E-mail: newsubs.uk@hse.gsi.gov.uk
• Bob Warner
  Chemical Policy Division
  Health & Safety Executives
  Room 616 Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS
  Telephone: (44) 020 7717 6197
  Fax: (44) 0171-717-6221/6190
  E-mail: Bob.warner@hse.gsi.gov.uk
• Dr S Robertson
  Chemicals Assessment Unit, National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances
  The Environment Agency
  Isis House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BD
  Telephone: +44 (0)1491 828557
  Fax: +44 (0)1491 828556
  E-mail: steve.robertson@environment-agency.gov.uk

2-2 Contacts in chemical industry associations

• Mrs. Elizabeth Surkovic
  Product & Sector Groups
  Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
  Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JJ
  Telephone: (44) 207 963 6745
  Fax: (44) 207 834 8586
  E-mail: surkovicL@CIA.org.uk
  Type of enquiry that can be handled: Initial contact point for Industry

3-1 Legislation and its explanatory notes

• Name: The Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (NONS 93) S.I. 1993/3050
• Purpose: NONS 93 implements part of the Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD) 67/548/EEC
• Intended audience: Users, suppliers, manufacturers, importers
• Content: Interpretation of regulations, notifications, Rights and Duties of the Competent Authority, Disclosure of information, Miscellaneous & General
• Language(s): English (UK)
• Publication: ISBN 0-11-034278-x
• Date of publication: 31 January 1994
• Charge for the information: £6.10 net.
• Contact for obtaining copy of information:
  HMSO Publications Centre (Mail, Fax and telephone orders only)
  POBox 276, London SE8 5DT
  Telephone: +44 (0)207 873 9090 (orders) / +44 (0)207 873 0011
  Fax: +44 (0)207 873 8200

3-2 Guidance for putting together a notification

• Name: Making Sense of NONS
• Purpose: A Gude to the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993
• Intended audience: Users, Suppliers, Manufacturers, Employers
• Content: Introduction to NONS, Notification of New Substances, Procedures for Notification, Risk Assessment, References, Appendices, Annex
• Language(s): English (UK)
• Publication: HS(G)117, ISBN 07176 07747
• Date of publication: 1994
• Charge for the information: £9.75 net
• Contact for obtaining copy of information:
  HSE Books
  Health & Safety Executive
  PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6FS
  Telephone: +44 (0)1787 881165
  Fax: +44 (0)1787 313995

3-3 Guidance for conducting the assessment

• Name: Please refer to NONS website
  http://www.hse.gov.uk/hthdir/noframes/nons/nons1.htm
  

3-4 Internet homepage

• Name: NONSWeb
• Purpose: Help and guidance on when and how to notify
• Intended audience: Users, Suppliers, Manufacturers, Employers, OGD's, New Notifiers
• Content: NONS Regulations (NONS 93), Chemicals regulations, 92/32/EEC, 92/69/EEC, European Union, EINECS, ELINCS, Guidance, When to notify, Contact addresses, Charges, PORD's
• Language(s): English (UK)
• Charge for the information: Free
• Contact for obtaining copy of information:
  Industrial Chemicals Unit (NONS)
  HSE
  www.hse.gov.uk/hthdir/noframes/nons/nons1.htm
  Telephone: +44 (0)151 951 4105
  Fax: +44 (0)151 951 3308
  E-mail: newsubs.uk@hse.gsi.gov.uk

4-1 Inventory

• Name: European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS)
• Intended audience: Potential notifiers and notifiers
• Content: Notification number, EC number, EC Classification and labelling, IUPAC name, Trade name/public identifer
• Type of chemicals included: Notified and/or assessed new chemicals
• No. of chemicals included: All notified substances up to compliance date.
• Language(s): All EU languages
• Publication: In paper form
• Charge for the information: Not free
• Frequency of publication or update: Yearly
• Last year of update: 1994 (update due)
• Contact for obtaining copy of information:
  The Stationery Office
  Publications Centre, 51 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5DR
  Telephone: (44) 020 7837 9090
  Fax: (44) 020 7873 8463