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Description of key information

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Skin sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Additional information:

In accordance with section 2 of REACH Annex XI, the study on skin sensitisation does not need to be conducted as the substance is a gas. The gaseous nature of vinylidene fluoride precludes the conductance of conventional skin sensitisation studies in animals.


Migrated from Short description of key information:
In accordance with section 2 of REACH Annex XI, the study does not need to be conducted as the substance is a gas.

Justification for classification or non-classification

The gaseous nature of vinylidene fluoride precludes the conduct of conventional sensitisation tests in animals.Therefore, classification for sensitisation is not applicable according to EU Directive 67/548/EEC andEU Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008.