translate English to French: The Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) requires that any new substances be assessed before being added to the AICS which consists of over 40 000 substances, and is an "open" inventory to which new substances are added five years after they have been assessed.
L'inventaire australien des substances chimiques (Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances — [AICS]) comporte plus de 40 000 substances du type « ouvert » et reçoit des ajouts cinq ans après que les substances nouvelles ont été évaluées.