European Chemicals Bureau - ESIS

ESIS

The European chemical Substances Information System (ESIS) is an IT system that provides information on chemicals in different lists. The ESIS database includes the following elements (please note that since 2008, the databases marked with ++ have been taken over by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which will also ensure further updates):

• EINECS (European Inventory of Existing Commercial chemical Substances);
• ++ELINCS (European List of Notified Chemical Substances);
• NLP (No-Longer Polymers);
• BPD (Biocidal Products Directive) active substances;
• ++PBT (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic) or vPvB (very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative);
• ++CLP/GHS (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures), CLP implements the Globally harmonised System (GHS);
• ++HPVCs (High Production Volume Chemicals) and LPVCs (Low Production Volume Chemicals), including EU Producers/Importers lists;
• ++IUCLID Chemical Data Sheets, OECD-IUCLID Export Files, EUSES Export Files;
• ++Priority Lists, Risk Assessment process and tracking system in relation to Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 also known as Existing Substances Regulation (ESR).