- ECHA
- Support
- Registration phases
- 4. Assessing hazard and risk
- Adaptations to the standard information requirements
Adaptations to the standard information requirements
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4. Assessing hazard and risk
- Information requirements: 1 to 10 tonnes per year
- Information requirements: 10 to 100 tonnes per year
- Information requirements: 100 to 1000 tonnes per year
- Information requirements: 1000 tonnes or above per year
- Adaptations to the standard information requirements
- How to avoid unnecessary testing on animals
- Strategy for gathering your data
Adaptations to the standard information requirements
Claiming an “adaptation” means that it is possible to omit a test based on certain general rules or specific rules that apply for just one information requirement.
General rules for adaptations can be based on three different reasons:
- Testing is not scientifically necessary.
- Testing is not technically possible.
- Testing is not needed based on absence of or no significant exposure.
These general rules are explained further in Annex XI.
In addition, specific rules for each information requirement are detailed in column 2 of Annexes VII to X.
Depending on the substance properties and available information, some tests / studies cannot or do not need to be performed:
Property of substance | Test not needed |
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Gases | 7.3. Boiling point 7.4. Relative density 7.14. Granulometry |
Liquids | 7.14. Granulometry |
Inorganic substances | 7.8. Partition coefficient 7.9. Flash point 9.2.1.1. Ready biodegradability |
Organic peroxides | 7.13. Oxidising properties |
Spontaneously flammable in air or in contact with water or moisture at room temperature | 8.1. Skin corrosion/ irritation 8.2 Serious eye damage/ eye irritation 8.3 Skin sensitisation |
Strong acid/base | 8.1. Skin corrosion/ irritation 8.2. Serious eye damage/ eye irritation 8.3. Skin sensitisation |
Some examples of how a certain test result or use conditions mean that a test does not need to be conducted:
Test result or condition of use | Test not needed |
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Melting point is above 300°C | 7.5. Vapour pressure |
Readily oxidisable in water | 7.7. Water solubility |
Classified as not toxic in contact with skin | 8.1. Skin corrosion / irritation |
Classified as causing serious eye damage | 8.2. Serious eye damage / eye irritation |
Adequate information for environmental classification and labelling is available | 9.1.1. Short term toxicity for invertebrates |
No emission to a sewage treatment plant exists | 9.1.4. Activated sludge respiration inhibition |
For a full overview, consult the ‘Practical guide for SME managers and REACH coordinators’ and Annexes VII to X to REACH.
Importantly, omitting testing on animals must not compromise the safe use of substances. Therefore, every adaptation you use instead of submitting the standard information needs a valid and documented justification.
- Practical guide on How to use alternatives to animal testing to fulfil your information requirements [PDF] [EN]
- Adaptation of information requirements (R.5)
- Practical guide for SME managers and REACH coordinators - How to fulfil your information requirements at tonnages 1-10 and 10-100 tonnes per year [PDF] [EN]