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- REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
  REACH regulation aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals.
  
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- CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging
  The CLP Regulation ensures that the hazards presented by chemicals are clearly communicated to workers and consumers in the European Union through classification and labelling of chemicals.
  
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  The role of testing in CLP
  C&L Inventory
  
  What is the Classification and Labelling Inventory?
  
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  Substances of potential concern
  
  Poison centres website
  
  Nanomaterials
  
  Substitution to safer chemicals
  
  Enforcement
- BPR Biocidal Products Regulation
  BPR regulation aims to improve the functioning of the biocidal products market in the EU, while ensuring a high level of protection for humans and the environment.
  
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  approval of active substances
  
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  Authorisation of biocidal products
  
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  Prepare a dossier - IUCLID
  
  Submit a dossier - R4BP 3
  
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- PIC Prior Informed Consent Regulation
  The Prior Informed Consent Regulation administers the import and export of certain hazardous chemicals and places obligations on companies who wish to export these chemicals to non-EU countries.
  
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  Import notifications
  
  Explicit consent
- CAD/CMD Chemical Agents Directive and Carcinogens or Mutagens Directive
  Occupational exposure limit (OEL) values are derived within two legal frameworks that form an integral part of the EU’s mechanism for protecting the health of workers.
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  Occupational exposure limits
  
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