Official EC Inventory
The EC Inventory includes the substances in the following inventories. The content of these inventories is fixed and official.
| Inventory | Scope | Format | No. of entries (if fixed No. of entries) |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances, (EINECS) | Substances, excluding polymers, that were recorded as being commercially available in the EU from 1 January 1971 to 18 September 1981. These were considered registered registered under Article 8(1) of the Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC). They are considered phase-in substances under the REACH Regulation | 2xx-xxx-x 3xx-xxx-x |
100,204 |
| European List of Notified Chemical Substances, (ELINCS) | Substances notified under the Dangerous Substances Directive Notification of New Substances (NONS) that became commercially available after 18 September 1981. | 4xx-xxx-x | 4,381 |
| No Longer Polymers (NLP) | The definition of polymers was changed in April, 1992 with the result that substances previously considered to be polymers were no longer excluded from regulation. Consequently, a list, called the NLP-list, was made of such substances that were commercially available between after 18 September 1981 and 31 October 1993. | 5xx-xxx-x | 703 |
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