ECHA’s redesigned C&L Inventory is now available in the Agency’s new chemical database, ECHA CHEM
The C&L Inventory includes information on more than 4 400 EU-level harmonized classifications and 7-million classifications notified or included in REACH registrations. Altogether, the inventory consists of statistics on around 350 000 substances.
The integration of classification and labelling information into ECHA CHEM follows the initial launch of the database in January 2024, which featured information on over a 100 000 REACH registrations submitted via companies. The new inventory is designed to help users without problems find the locate the classification with the highest agreement and to bring clarity on the source at the back of the classification information. It incorporates recent regulatory developments, such as the brand new CLP hazard classes and is built with stability and growth in mind.
In this first version, the classification information is accessible in a visual format per substance with complementary approaches, inclusive of application programming interfaces (APIs), being explored in future releases.
Mercedes Viñas, Director of Submissions and Interaction, stated: “This is an important milestone in further growing a comprehensive database for all chemical data accumulated by ECHA. The redesigned C&L Inventory comes with an improved user interface and simplifies access to classification information for users.”
Mike Rasenberg, Director of Hazard Assessment, added: “Hazard classifications are the cornerstone of regulatory risk management of chemicals. The redesigned C&L inventory enhance the clarity on the current and upcoming obligatory classifications harmonized at the EU level, supporting organizations to put together and implement the required safety measures.”
ECHA keeps the largest chemicals database in the European Union (EU), combining industry-submitted data with information generated through EU regulatory activities. ECHA CHEM is the solution for sharing the developing amount of information hosted by of the Agency with the public.
The next step in the development of ECHA CHEM may be to includes overviews of ECHA’s regulatory activities on chemicals and the decisions adopted on them under chemicals laws, which include the REACH restrictions. This will in further improve transparency and public access to chemical information.
