New Changes to the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines

Some changes to the Guidelines you need to know about before 1 July.

The Categorisation Guidelines set out technical details and requirements to support introducers to categorise introductions of industrial chemicals. The Executive Director of AICIS issues the Categorisation Guidelines.

These Guidelines will be formally issued by the Executive Director on the AICIS website on 1 July 2020.

It was earlier, in last December informed by Executive Director, about the key changes made to the Categorisation Guidelines following extensive stakeholder consultation. The Categorisation Guidelines with these changes are available on this site.

Changes to the Categorisation Guidelines

the following minor/editorial changes:

• corrected some typographical errors
• reordered some of the text
• made the information requirements clearer for:
  • UV filters
  • chemicals with an end use in tattoo inks
  • highly branched organic chemicals
  • chemicals with an end use as a biocidal active

Other changes

Persistent and bioaccumulative hazard characteristic – waiver for high molecular weight polymers

The waiver for the persistent and bioaccumulative hazard characteristic for high molecular weight polymers (in part 6.28.2) consistent with the waiver for the persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic hazard characteristic. This waiver applies to high molecular weight polymers with:

• < 25% low molecular weight oligomeric species <1,000g/mol AND
• <10% low molecular weight oligomeric species <500g/mol

Options for in silico information

Changes for the Derek Nexus in silico model so that it can now be used for more human health hazard characteristics (see Part 8.2).

NOEC (no observed effect concentration)

Removed mention of NOEC from places that talk about acute aquatic toxicity, as NOEC is only relevant for chronic aquatic toxicity.

The Categorisation Guidelines with these changes will be available from 1 July on our new website.