Acronym	Description
CBI	Confidential Business Information
CEFIC	Euorpean Chemical Industry Body
CMR	Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and/or Toxic to Reproduction
CSA	Chemical Safety Assessment
CSR	Chemical Safety Report
DRC	Declaration of REACH Conformity
DU	Downstream user (e.g. customers)
ECB	European Chemicals Bureau (Ispra, Italy)
ECHA	European Chemicals Agency (Helsinki, Finland)
EINECS	EU Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances
ELINCS	EU List of New Chemical Substances
ES	Exposure Scenario
EU	European Union comprised of 27 member states
IUCLID	International Uniform Chemical Information Database
IUPAC	International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry
M/I	Manufacturer/Importer
NLP	No Longer Polymer
ORR	Only Representative Registration
PBT	Persistent, Bioaccumulative & Toxic
P-I	Phase in Substance
PPORD	Product & Process Oriented Research & Development
QSAR	Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship
REACH	Registration, Evaluation and Authorization (and Restriction) of Chemicals
RIP	REACH Implementation Project
RMM	Risk Management Measures
SDS	Safety Data Sheets
SEA	Socio-Economic Assessment
SIEF	Substance Information Exchange Forum
SME	Small & Medium sized Enterprises
SVHC	Substance of Very High Concern
SVT	Substance Volume Tracking
TPA	Tonne per Annum
UVCB	Substance of Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials
vPvB	very Persistent & very Bioaccumulative

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