New Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment in Italy

  • Name of the scheme: Summary of Notification Dossier of a New Chemical Substance in accordance with Dir.92/32/EEC (Art.7/8/9/12)
  • O.J.L. 154,Vol.35, 5 June 1992
  • Language(s) which can be used for notification/registration: English
  • Year when the scheme was established: 1981
  • Year when the scheme was last modified: 1992

2-1 Contacts in the government

  • Dr. G. Battaglino
    Dipartimento prevenzione
    Ministero della Sanità
    Via Sierra Nevada, 60, 00144 ROMA
    Telephone: +3906+59944209
    Fax: +3906+59944249
    E-mail: dpv-sostanze.sanita@intexbusiness.it
    Type of enquiry that can be handled: Legal issues
  • Dr. R. Binetti
    Notification Unit - Laboratorio di Tossicologia Applicata
    Istituto Superiore di Sanità
    Viale Regina Elena,299 - 00161 ROMA
    Telephone: +3906 49902593/49902213
    Fax: +3906 49387170
    E-mail: binetti@net.iss.it
    Type of enquiry that can be handled: Technical evaluation of dossiers and technical interpretation.

2-2 Contact in chemical industry association

  • Dr. S. Terraneo
    Federchimica
    Via Accademia, 33, 20131 Milano
    Telephone: +39 2 26810.1
    Fax: +39 2 26810.329
    E-mail: itm80802@ibm.net


3-1 Legislation and its explanatory notes

  • Name: Dir.92/32/EEC (implemented in Italy with D.L. 3/2/97, n.52)
  • Purpose: Legal framework
  • Intended audience: Notifiers
  • Content: Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: In paper form
  • Date of publication: O.J.L.154, Vol.35, 5 June 1992
  • Charge for the information: Not Free
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    2, rue Mercier, L-2985 Luxembourg
    Telephone: +352 499 281
    Fax: +352 488 573
  • Name: D.L. 3/2/97 n.52
  • Purpose: Legal framework
  • Intended audience: Notifiers
  • Content: National decree implementing European Directive as annexed.
  • Language(s): Italian
  • Publication: In paper form
  • Date of publication: Official Journal n.58 11/3/97
  • Charge for the information: Not Free
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    LICOSA S.p.A.
    Via Duca di Calabria, 1/1, 50125 Firenze
    Telephone: +39 55 64 54 15
    Fax: +39 55 641 257

3-2 Guidance for putting together a notification

  • Name: Technical guidance for the completion of a summary notification dossier for a new chemical substance utilising the Structured Notification Interchange Format (SNIF) base-set and levels 1 and 2.
  • Intended audience: Notifiers
  • Content: The guidelines are omitted being the same of the other European Member States.
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: In paper & electronic forms
  • Date of publication: February 1997
  • Charge for the information: Not Free
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    2, rue Mercier, L-2985 Luxembourg
    Telephone: +352 499 281
    Fax: +352 488 57

3-3 Guidance for conducting the assessment

  • Name: Technical Guidance Documents in support of Directive 93/67/EEC on risk assessment of new notified substances and Regulation (EC) N.1488/94 on risk assessment of existing substances (Part I, II, III and IV). EC catalogue numbers CR-48-96-001, 002, 003, 004ENC.
  • Intended audience: Notifier
  • Language(s): English
  • Publication: In paper form
  • Charge for the information: Not Free
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    2, rue Mercier, L-2985 Luxembourg
    Telephone: +352 499 281
    Fax: +352 488 573


4-1 Inventory

  • Name: ELINCS - European List of Notified Chemical Substances
  • Intended audience: Notifiers
  • Content: Commercial name, notification number, ELINCS number, classification
  • Type of chemicals included: Notified and/or assessed new chemicals
  • Language(s): all European language
  • Publication: In paper form
  • Charge for the information: Not Free
  • Frequency of publication or update: annually
  • Last year of update: 1996
  • Contact for obtaining copy of information:
    Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    2, rue Mercier, L-2985 Luxembourg
    Telephone: +352 499 281
    Fax: +352 488 573




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