New Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment in Denmark

  • Name of the scheme Anmeldelse af nye stoffer (Notification of New Substances)
  • Language(s) which can be used for notification/registration Danish and English
  • Year when the scheme was established: 1980
  • Year when the scheme was last modified: 1995

2-1 Contact in the government

  • Ms. Inger Bergmann
    Biocides- and Chemical Assessment Division
    Danish Environmental Protection Agency
    29, Strandgade, DK-1401 Copenhagen K
    Telephone: + 45 32 66 00 01
    Fax: + 45 32 66 03 69
    E-mail: mst@ mst.dk
    Type of enquiry that can be handled All questions pertaining to notification of new substances

2-2 Contact in chemical industry association

  • Mr. Jacob Jessen
    The Association of Danish Process Industries (ADPI)
    Nørre Voldgade 48, DK-Copenhagen
    Telephone: + 45 33 15 17 48
    Fax: + 45 33 15 17 22
    E-mail: jj@ fdki.dk
    Type of enquiry that can be handled Any question relevant for Industry pertaining to notification of new substances in Denmark

3-1 Legislation and its explanatory note

  • Name: Consolidated Act (from the Ministry of Environment and Energy No. 21 of January 16, 1996 on Chemical Substances and Products) amended by Act 424 of June 10, 1997 and Act 256 of April 12,2000
  • Purpose: Intended audience All notifiers
  • Content: Legal text - Articles and sections
  • Language(s): Danish and English
  • Publication: In paper form; On the Internet www.mst.dk
  • Date of publication: See under Name of the Act and Orders
  • Charge for the information: Free of charge
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information
    Lona Olsen
    Biocides- and Chemicals Assessment Division, Danish EPA
    Strandgade 29, DK-1401 Copenhagen K
    Telephone: + 45 32 66 01 00
    Fax: + 45 32 66 03 69
    E-mail: lo@ mst.dk

3-2 Guidance for putting together a notification

  • Name:Reduced and Base Set level: Guidance Note to Those Completing a Summary Notification Dossier of a New Chemical Substance. Level 1 and 2: Notification of New Substances, Guidance for Notifiers - Data Collection in SNIF format for Level 1 and 2 Toxicity and Ecotoxicity Studies
  • Purpose: Non-binding support the risk assessment legislation for the actual assessment work of new substances
  • Intended audience: Notifiers of new substances
  • Content: Explanatory text
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: Guidance Note to Those Completing a Summary Notification Dossier of a New Chemical Substance: Official Journal L 154, 5 June 1992. Notification of New Substances, Guidance for Notifiers - Data Collection in SNIF format for Level 1 and 2 Toxicity and Ecotoxicity Studies:
  • Charge for the information: Official Journal L 154, 5 June 1992: Not free
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Lona Olsen
    Biocides- and Chemicals Assessment Division, Danish EPA
    29, Strandgade, DK-1401 Copenhagen K
    Telephone: + 45 32 66 01 00
    Fax: + 45 32 66 03 69
    E-mail: lo@ mst.dk

3-3 Guidance for conducting the assessment

  • Name: Technical Guidance Document in Support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on Risk Assessment for New Notified Substances and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 on Risk Assessment for Existing Substances
  • Purpose: Support the risk assessment legislation for the actual assessment work
  • Intended audience: Any notifier
  • Content: Explanatory text
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: ISBN 92-827-8011-2
  • Date of publication: 1996
  • Charge for the information: ECU 35.50
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
  • Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    Organisation The European Commission
    L-2985 Luxemburg

4.1 Inventories

  • Name: EINECS, ELINCS & NLP-list
  • Content: Substances in EINECS excluded from noticication
    Substance in ELINCS have been notified
    Substances in the NLP-list are exempt from notification
  • Type of chemicals included: Notified and/or assessed new chemicals(ELINCS) and Existing chemicals (EINECS and IUCLID)
  • No. of chemicals included EINECS: about 100,000 substances
    ELINCS: updated regularly
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: In paper, in electronic form (CD-ROM) and European Chemicals Bureau (ECB) home page
  • Charge for the information: Not free (paper and electronic form)
  • Frequency of publication or update: EINECS: only published once,
    ELINCS: updated regularly
    Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Schultz Information A/S
    European Union Division
    Herstedvang 10-12, DK-2620 Albertslund
    Telephone: + 45 43 22 72 76
    Fax: + 45 43 63 19 69
    E-mail: schultz@schultz.dk

4-2 Internet homepage

  • www.mst.dk
  • Purpose: General information
  • Intended audience: Every body
  • Content: All relevant information of the Danish EPA
  • Language(s): Danish, English
  • Date of publication: November 2001
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Lona Olsen
    Biocides- and Chemicals Assessment Division, Danish EPA
    Strandgade 29, DK-1401 Copenhagen K
    Telephone: + 45 32 66 01 00
    Fax: + 45 32 66 03 69
    E-mail: lo@ mst.dk



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