Name of the scheme: The new substances notification scheme
Language(s) which can be used for notification/registration: Finnish, Swedish, English
Year when the scheme was established: 1 September 1990
Year when the scheme was last modified: 1 January 1994 (EEA-agreement)
2-1 Contact in the government
Ms. Annette Ekman, Ms. Katariina Rautalahti Chemicals Department The National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health (STTV) P. O. Box 210, 00531 Helsinki, FINLAND Telephone: +358-9-3967 2771, +358-9-3967 2770 Fax: +358-9-3967 2797 E-mail: annette.ekman@sttv.fi, katariina.rautalahti@sttv.fi Type of enquiry that can be handled Information on the Finnish notification scheme
2-2 Contact in chemical industry association
Mr. Aimo Kastinen Technical Department Chemical Industry Federation P. O. Box 4, 00131 Helsinki Telephone: +358-9-172841 Fax: +358-9-630225 E-mail: aimo.kastinen@kemia.ttliitot Type of enquiry that can be handled Chemicals production in Finland EHS issues the chemical industry
3-1 Legislation and its explanatory note
Chemicals Act (744/1989), (1147/1994), (659/1999), (591/2001) Chemicals Decree (675/1993), (1153/1994), (1212/1995), (369/1998), (697/1999), (864/2000), (555/2001) Decision of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (1642/1993, 876/1994, 1313/1994, 1994:57) Decision of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (498/2000)
Purpose: Legal basis for requiring notification of new substances in Finland
Intended audience: Authorities, Notifiers
Content: Notification procedure and scheme in Finland (requirements, authorities)
Language(s) Finnish, Swedish
Publication: In paper format
Date of publication: 1989-2000, according to above
Charge for the information: Not free
Contact for obtaining copy of information: Asiakaspalvelu (customer service) EDITA OYJ P. O. Box 800, FIN-00043 EDITA, Helsinki Telephone: +358 020 450 2248 Fax: +358 020 450 2380 E-mail: asiakaspalvelu@edita.fi Website: www.finlex.fi
3-2 Guidance for putting together a notification
EU Commission publications: Technical Guidance for the Completion of a Summary Notification Dossier for a New Chemical Substance Utilising SNIF, Base-Set and Levels 1 and 2
Purpose: Technical guidance for preparation of a notification dossier
Intended audience: Notifiers, Authorities
Content: Preparation of a notification dossier
Language(s): English
Publication: In paper form
Date of publication: 1997
Charge for the information: ECU 13, ISBN 92-828-0195-0
Contact for obtaining copy of information: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities EU Luxembourg
3-3 Guidance for conducting the assessment
EU Commission publications: Technical Guidance Document in Support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on Risk Assessment for New Notified Substances (parts I-IV)
Purpose: Technical Guidance for Conducting Risk Assessment
Intended audience: Authorities, Notifiers
Content: Preparation of a risk assessment
Language(s): English
Publication: In paper format
Date of publication: 1996
Charge for the information: Part I, ISBN 92-827-8011-2, ECU 35.50 Part II, ISBN 92-827-8012-0, ECU 40 Part III, ISBN 92-827-8013-9 ECU 19 Part IV, ISBN 92-827-8014-7, ECU 17.50
Contact for obtaining copy of information: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities EU Luxembourg
4.1 Inventory
Name: The European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) The European List of Notified Substances (ELINCS) No-Longer Polymers List (NLP-List)
Purpose: Substances in EINECS excluded from the notification scheme Substances in ELINCS have been notified according to the scheme Substances on the NLP-List are exempt from notification scheme
Intended audience: Authorities, notifiers, other companies
Type of chemicals included: Notified and/or assessed new chemicals (ELINCS) Existing chemicals (EINECS, IUCLID) The NLP-List list contains mainly of alkoxylated substances, oligomeric reaction products, oligomers from one monomer only, dimers and trimers, polymer-like substances containing 50% or more by weight of species with the same molecular weight
No. of chemicals included: EINECS about 100 000 substances, ELINCS updated regularly, IUCLID about 2700
Language(s): English and some other EU languages
Publication: In paper form as well as in electronic form (EINECS in CD-ROM)
Charge for the information: Not free. The NLP-List, ISBN 92-827-8995-0, ECU 11.50
Frequency of publication or update: see above EINECS corrections exist, ISBN 92-828-0196-9, otherwise not updated.
Last year of update: 5th ELINCS publication (2000/C 72/01)
Contact for obtaining copy of information: Office for Official Publications of European Communities EU Luxembourg
