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Contents
List of Abbreviations..................................................................................................................... 7
Editorial........................................................................................................................................... 8
1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 10
2. Registration of substances.................................................................................................... 14
2.1 Current institutional setup.................................................................................................14
2.2. Scope of registration........................................................................................................15
2.3. The registration procedure...............................................................................................16
3. Substance assessment........................................................................................................... 18
3.1. Toxicological assessment................................................................................................18
3.1.1. Deciding need for setting hygienic norms ....................................................................19
3.1.2. Criteria not to establish hygienic norms........................................................................19
3.1.3. Defining temporary hygienic norms / using express methods......................................20
3.1.4. Assessment of toxicological properties.........................................................................22
3.1.5. Stability in water............................................................................................................26
3.2. Assessment of ecotoxicological properties......................................................................27
3.3. Assignment of norms (MPCs) for chemical substances...................................................29
3.4. Summary: test methods and data analysis......................................................................30
4. Classification and hazard communication........................................................................... 32
4.1. Classification framework..................................................................................................32
4.2. Classes of danger............................................................................................................33
4.3. Registration and classification of mixtures.......................................................................36
4.4. Labelling...........................................................................................................................37
4.5. Safety data sheets...........................................................................................................39
5. Pollution prevention and control measures......................................................................... 42
5.1. Prohibited substances......................................................................................................42
5.2. Prioritisation of pollutants.................................................................................................43
6. Summary and conclusions..................................................................................................... 45
Annex I. Example of substance registration database entry......................................................... 48
Annex II. Testing guidelines for substances: toxicological endpoints........................................ 58
Annex III. Comparison of EU and Russian regulation systems for selected substances........ 60
Annex IV. Classification of selected substances according to different Russian schemes .... 66
Annex V: Institutions currently in charge of hazardous substances and chemicals management. 67
References............................................................................................................................................ 76
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