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COMMISSION DECISION
of11May1981
layingdownthecriteriainaccordancewithwhichinformationrelatingtotheinventoryof
chemicalsubstancesissuppliedbytheMemberStatestotheCommission
(81/437/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasitisalsoadvisabletolaydownthatthe
provisionsrelatingtothedeclarationprocedureand
thetimetabletoberespectedbeadoptedatCom­
munitylevel;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheCom­
mitteeontheAdaptationtoTechnicalProgressof
theDirectivesontheRemovalofTechnicalBarriers
toTradeintheSectorofDangerousSubstancesand
Preparations ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
InordertoenabletheCommissiontodrawupthe
inventoryprovidedforinArticle13ofDirective
67/548/EEC,theMemberStatesshalltakeallthe
measuresnecessarytoensurethatthephasesand
proceduressetoutinArticles2and3andinthe
Annexarecorrectlyobserved.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective67/548/EECof
27June1967ontheapproximation oflaws,regula­
tionsandadministrative provisionsrelatingtothe
classification ,packagingandlabellingofdangerous
substances('),aslastamendedbyDirective79/831/
EEC(2),andinparticularArticle13(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle13(1)ofDirective67/548/EEC
providesforthedrawingupofaninventoryof
substancesexistingontheCommunitymarketby18
September1981;whereastheCommission ,indraw­
ingupthisinventory,musttakeaccountofArticles
1(4)and8ofthesaidDirective;
Whereas,forreasonsoftimeandexpenseitisneces­
sary,inordertodrawuptheinventory,tousea
compositetechniquebasedonacoreinventorysup­
plementedbydeclarationsbymanufacturers orim­
portersdemonstrating theexistenceontheCom­
munitymarketofsubstancesnotincludedinthe
coreinventory;
WhereasthecoreinventorydrawnupbytheCom­
missiontakingintoaccounttheopinionofthe
CommitteeonAdaptationtoTechnicalProgress
mustbedrawnupinaccordancewithdatafrom
whichitmaybereasonablyandobjectivelyassumed
thatthesubstancesshownthereinexistonthe
Communitymarket;
Whereasitisnecessarytomakeprovisionsenabling
theintroductionoftheprocedurefordeclaring
substancesforinclusionintheinventorytothecom­
petentauthoritiesoftheMemberStates,suchdecla­
rationbeingvalidfortheCommunitymarket;Article2
1.Theinventoryofchemicalsubstancesexisting
ontheCommunitymarketby18September1981,
hereinafterreferredtoas'Einecs'(EuropeanInven­
toryofExistingCommercialChemicalSubstances),
shallbedrawnupinaccordancewiththeprovisions
setoutinSectionIoftheAnnex.
2.TheEinecsinventoryshallbecomposedofa
coreinventory,hereinafterreferredtoas'Ecoin'
(EuropeanCoreInventory),drawnupbytheCom­
missionfromthedataatitsdisposal,andofalistof
substanceswhicharethesubjectofsubsequent
declarationscommunicated totheCommissionby
theMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeprovi­
sionssetoutinSectionIIoftheAnnex.
Article3
MemberStatesshalltakeallthenecessarymeasures
inordertoimplementandcoordinatetheworkasso­
ciatedwithdrawinguptheEinecsinventory.For
thispurposetheCommissionshallnominateacon­
tactpoint.(>)OJNoL196,16.8.1967,p.1.0OJNoL259,15.9.1979,p.10.

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Article5 ForthesamepurposeMemberStatesmayindicate
nationalcontactpoints.TheMemberStatesshall
sendtotheCommission before30June1981the
addressestowhichdeclarationformsmustbesent.
TheCommissionshallpublishtheaddressesinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Article4ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,11May1981.
FortheCommission
Karl-HeinzNARJES
MemberoftheCommissionForthepurposesofthisDecision,thedefinitionsof
'substances','preparation','placingonthemarket',
shallbeassetoutinArticle2ofDirective
67/548/EEC.

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ANNEX
I.PROCEDURE FORTHEPREPARATION OFTHEEINECSINVENTORY
Theprocedureshallcomprisethefollowingphases:
Firstphase
—TheEcoincoreinventoryshallbepreparedbytheCommissiononthebasisofexistinglists
ofchemicalsubstances .
—Tofacilitatecomprehension oftheEcoincoreinventory,theCommissionshallpreparean
explanatorydocumentcomprising :
—anindexcontainingthenomenclature ofthesubstancesidentifiedbytheCASregistry
numbers,
—analphabeticalindexofthenomenclatureofthesubstancesidentifiedbytheCASregis­
trynumbers,
—anindexofthemolecularformulaeofthesubstancescontainedintheEcoincoreinven­
tory.
—Toassistthepersonsmakingthedeclarationsduringthesecondphase,theCommissionshall
prepareaworkingdocumententitled'Compendiumofknownsubstances'.
Tofacilitateitsuse,itshallcontainthreeindexes:
—anindexcontainingthenomenclatureofthesubstancesidentifiedbytheCASregistry
numbers—Einecscode,
—analphabeticalindexofthenomenclatureofthesubstancesidentifiedbytheCASregis­
trynumbers—Einecscode,
—anindexofthemolecularformulaeofthesubstanceslistedintheworkingdocument .
SubstancesmentionedintheworkingdocumentbutnotlistedintheEcoincoreinventory
shallnotbeincludedintheEinecsinventoryunlesstheyaredeclared.
—TheCommissionshallalsoprepareincollaboration withallMemberStatesandinallthe
officiallanguagesoftheCommunityanexplanatorydocumententitled'Reportingforthe
Einecsinventory'.
—Afterthetransmissionofalltheaforementioned documentstoMemberStates,theCommis­
sionshallpublishEcoinintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesintheformof
anEcoinnumber/CASregistrynumberlist.
Secondphase
—DeclarationsofsubstancesexistingassuchorasingredientsinapreparationontheCom­
munitymarketby18September1981butwhicharenotlistedintheEcoincoreinventorycan
bemadebythemanufactureroranyotherpersonresidentintheCommunitywhohasplaced
this/thesesubstance(s)onthemarketandwhoishereinafterreferredtoas'theperson
makingthedeclaration'.
—Thesedeclarationsmustbeforwardedtotherespectivenationaladdress(es)mentionedin
Article3.
—Declarationsofsubstancescanonlybemadebymeansoftheappropriateformsavailable
fromthesameaddress(es).
Thesedeclarationsmustbeforwardedbythepersonsmakingthemtothesameaddressesatthe
latestninemonthsafterthepublicationoftheEcoincoreinventoryintheOfficialJournalofthe
Europeancommunities .
—Therulestobefollowedinpreparingdeclarationsandthefacsimilesoftheformsarepre­
sentedinSectionIIofthisAnnex.

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—TheMemberStatesshallforwardtothecontactpointoftheCommissiontheappropriate
partofthedeclarationformscompletedbythepersonmakingthedeclarationasrapidlyas
possibleandnolaterthan30daysafterreceivingthem.
—TheCommissioncontactpointcannotacceptanydeclarationformafteradate12months
fromthepublicationoftheEcoincoreinventoryintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCom­
munities.
Thirdphase
—TheCommissionshalldrawuptheEinecsinventoryfromtheEcoincoreinventory,adding
toitthesubstancesdeclaredtotheMemberStateswhowillhaveensuredthetransmission of
theappropriatepartofthecorresponding declarations .
—Duringtheexaminationandprocessingofthevarioussubstancedeclarationformsbythe
Commission ,clarificationofcertainpoints(e.g.errorinCASnumbering,errorinnomen­
clature,etc.)maybecomenecessary .Inthisevent,theCommissionshallforwardawritten
requestforinformationtotheMemberStatewhoshallpassitontothepersonmakingthe
declarationwithinaperiodof15days.
—Thepersonmakingthedeclarationmustreplyinwritingwithinaperiodof45daystothe
requestsentbytheMemberState.ThisreplyshallbeforwardedtotheCommissioncontact
within15days.
—Ifnoreplyismadewithinaperiodof90daysfromthedateoftherequestforinformation ,
theCommissionshallbeempoweredtotakeadecisiononthebasisoftheinformationit
possessesafterconsultingtheMemberState.Ifoneormorecontactpoint(s)has/havebeen
designatedit/theyperformfortheMemberStatetheaforementioned tasks.
Fourthphase
TheEinecsinventoryshallbepublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
II.RULESFORPREPARING THEDECLARATIONS
1.AnysubstanceasdefinedinArticle4ofthisDecisionwhichmeetsoneofthecriterialisted
belowcanbedeclared :
(a)thesubstancemusthavebeenplacedonthemarketforgenuinecommercialpurposesbe­
tween1January1971and18September1981,inclusive;
(b)thesubstanceisamonomerformwhichpolymerizates ,polycondensates andpolyadducts
existingonthemarketbetween 1January1971and18September1981,inclusive,were
manufactured .
2.Anysubstancethatmeetsoneofthecriterialistedbelowmustnotbedeclared:
(a)anysubstanceplacedonthemarketbetween 1January1971and18September1981,in­
clusive,exclusivelyforresearch,developmentand/oranalyticalpurposes;
(b)anyintentionalmixture;
(c)anyimpuritywithoutcommercialvalueassuch;
(d)anypolymerizate ,polycondensate orpolyadduct .
3.Howtomakeadeclaration :
(a)TodeclareasubstancethatisnotincludedintheEcoincoreinventorybutwhichislisted
intheworkingdocument'Compendium ofknownsubstances',thepersonmakingthe
declarationmustuseFormA(afacsimileofwhichispresentedbelow)andforwarditto
thenationaladdress(es)dulycompletedandsigned.

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(b)TodeclareasubstancethatisincludedinneithertheEcoincoreinventorynorthework­
ingdocument'Compendium ofknownsubstances'butforwhichaChemicalAbstract
Service(CAS)registrynumberisknown,thepersonmakingthedeclarationmustuse
FormB(afacsimileofwhichispresentedbelow)andforwardittothenationaladd­
resses)dulycompletedandsigned.
(c)TodeclareasubstancethatisincludedinneithertheEcoincoreinventorynorthework­
ingdocument'Compendium ofknownsubstances'andforwhichaChemicalAbstract
Service(CAS)registrynumberisnotknown,thepersonmakingthedeclarationmustuse
FormC(afacsimileofwhichispresentedbelow)andforwardittothenationaladdress­
es)dulycompletedandsigned.WhencompletingFormC,thepersonmakingthedecla­
rationmustdescribethechemicalsubstanceinasmuchdetailaspossible,whilecomply­
ingwiththeinstructionscontainedinthedocument'ReportingfortheEinecsinventory'.
Furtherguidanceformakingdeclarationsisgiveninthedocument'ReportingfortheEinecs
inventory'.

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IMPORTANT :Beforecompletingthisform,carefullyreadthepublication 'ReportingfortheEinacsinventory'.CASregistrynumbers
andEinacscodescanbefoundinthepublication 'Compendium ofknownsubstances '.
ReportingformFormnumber EUROPEAN INVENTORY OFEXISTING
COMMERCIAL CHEMICALSUBSTANCES (EINECS)
Supplementary reportingofsubstancesnotincludedinthe
ECOINcoreinventoryA(forsubstances
includedinthe
compendium )(Donotremovelabel)
1.CERTIFICATION STATEMENT :InaccordancewiththeCommissionDecisionof11May1981(OJNoL167,24.6.1981,p.31),
Iherebycertifythat,tothebestofmyknowledgeandbelief:1.thechemicalsubstancesidentifiedbelowwereplacedonthe
marketbyme/mycompanyforgenuinecommercialpurposesbetween 1January1971and18September 1981inclusive ;
2.allinformationenteredinthisformiscompleteandaccurate .
Date Signature Name Title
2.ADDRESSOFCOMPANY 3.PERSONTOBECONTACTED INCASEOFQUERY
Corporation Name
Street Street
Postcode City Postcode City.
Tel. Telex. Tel. Telex.
4.REPORTED SUBSTANCES :5.Replacingform(donotcomplete)
NoFormnumber
NoII
CASregistrynumberIII
EINECScodeIV
NoI
NoII
CASregistrynumberIII
EINECScodeIV
No
1 - - 116 - - 16
2 - - 217 - - 17
3 - - 318 - - 18
4 - - 419 - - 19
5 - - 520 - - 20
6 - - 621 - - 21
7 - - 722 - - 22
8 - - 823 - - 23
9 - - 924 - - 24
10 - - 1025 - - 25
11 - - 1126 - - 26
12 - - 1227 - - 27
13 - - 1328 - - 28
14 - - 1429 - - 29
15 - - 1530 - - 30
(RESERVED FORMEMBERSTATE) (RESERVED FORCOMMISSION CONTACTPOINT)
Received : Signature : Received : Signature :
Transmitted : Name: Transmitted : Name:

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IMPORTANT :Beforecompletingthisform,carefullyreadthepublication 'ReportingfortheEINECSinventory'.
ReportingformFormnumber EUROPEAN INVENTORY OFEXISTING
COMMERCIAL CHEMICALSUBSTANCES (EINECS)BSupplementary reportingofsubstancesnotincludedinthe
ECOINcoreinventory(forsubstanceswith
CASregistrynumbers
notincludedinthe
compendium ) (Donotremovelabel)
1.CERTIFICATION STATEMENT :InaccordancewiththeCommissionDecisionof11May1981(OJNoL167,24.6.1981,p.31),
Iherebycertifythat,tothebestofmyknowledgeandbelief:1.thechemicalsubstancesidentifiedbelowwereplacedonthe
marketbyme/mycompanyforgenuinecommercialpurposesbetween 1January1971and18September1981inclusive;'
2.allinformationenteredinthisformiscompleteandaccurate .
Date Signature Name Tte
2.ADDRESSOFCOMPANY
Corporation3.PERSONTOBECONTACTED INCASEOFQUERY
Name
Street Street
Postcode . City. Postcode . City.
Tel. Telex. Tel. Telex.
4.REPORTED SUBSTANCES :5.Replacingform(donotcomplete)
NoFormnumber .
I
NoII
CASregistrynumberIII
Specificchemicalname(s)IV
No
1- 1
2- 2
3 - 3
4 - 4
5- 5
6 - 6
7 - 7
8 - 8
9 - 9
10 - 10
11- 11
12- 12
13 - 13
14 - 14
15 - 15
(RESERVED FORMEMBERSTATE)
Received : Signature :(RESERVED FORCOMMISSION CONTACTPOINT)
Received : Signature :
Transmitted : Name: Transmitted : Name:

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IMPORTANT :Beforecompletingthisform,carefullyreadthepublication 'ReportingfortheEinacsinventory'.
ReportingformFormnumber EUROPEAN INVENTORY OFEXISTING
COMMERCIAL CHEMICALSUBSTANCES (EINECS)CSupplementary reportingofsubstancesnotincludedinthe
ECOINcoreinventory(forsubstanceswhose
CASregistrynumber
isnotknown) (Donotremovelabel)
1.CERTIFICATION STATEMENT :InaccordancewiththeCommissionDecisionof11May1981(OJNoL167,24.6.1981,p.31),
Iherebycertifythat,tothebestofmyknowledgeandbelief:1.thechemicalsubstancesidentifiedbelowwereplacedonthe
marketbyme/mycompanyforgenuinecommercialpurposesbetween 1January1971and18September 1981inclusive ;
2.allinformationenteredinthisformiscompleteandaccurate .
Date Signature Name Title
2.ADDRESS OFCOMPANY
Corporation3.PERSONTOBECONTACTED INCASEOFQUERY
Corporation
Street Street
Postcode . City. Postcode . City.
(Te. Telex. Tel. Telex.
4.REPORTED SUBSTANCE :5.Replacingform(donotcomplete)
NoFormnumber .
Specificchemicalname(s):
Molecuarformula :IV
Noofattachedsheets□
Chemicalstructurediagram(ifknown)ordescriptionofreactionschemeorothersupplemental informationtoaidtheidentification ofthesubstance :
(RESERVED FORMEMBERSTATE)
Received : Signature :(RESERVED FORCOMMISSION CONTACTPOINT)
Received : Signature :
Transmitted : Name: Transmitted : Name: