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Commission Regulation (EC) No 761/2009 of 23 July 2009 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Text with EEA relevance)

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4.LITERATURE

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OECD TG 221 (2006) Lemna Sp. Growth Inhibition Test.

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The use of Lemna studies for coloured substances is detailed in Section 13.5.3 of the EU Manual of Decisions dated July 2006, at http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/new-chemicals

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Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment — Chapter R.7b: Endpoint specific guidance; Table 7.8.3 Summary of difficult substance testing issues, available at:

http://guidance.echa.europa.eu/docs/guidance_document/information_requirements_en.htm?time=1234958685#A

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USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency. (1996). OPPTS 850.4400 Aquatic Plant Toxicity Test Using Lemna spp., ‘Public draft’. EPA 712-C-96-156. 8pp.

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SSI — Swedish Standards Institute. (1995). Water quality — Determination of growth inhibition (7-d) Lemna minor, duckweed. SS 02 82 13. 15pp. (in Swedish).

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Environment Canada. (1993) Proposed Guidelines for Registration of Chemical Pesticides: Non-Target Plant Testing and Evaluation. Canadian Wildlife Service, Technical Report Series No. 145.

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Sims I., Whitehouse P., and Lacey R. (1999). The OECD Lemna Growth Inhibition Test. Development and Ring-testing of draft OECD Test Guideline. R&D Technical Report EMA 003. WRc plc — Environment Agency.

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OECD (2000). Guidance Document on Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Difficult Substances and Mixtures. OECD Environmental Health and Safety Publications, Series on Testing and Assessment No 23.

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ISO DIS 20079. Water Quality — Determination of the Toxic Effect of Water Constituents and Waste Water to Duckweed (Lemna minor) — Duckweed Growth Inhibition Test.

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Walbridge C. T. (1977). A flow-through testing procedure with duckweed (Lemna minor L.). Environmental Research Laboratory — Duluth, Minnesota 55804. US EPA Report No. EPA-600/3-77 108. September 1977.

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OECD. (2004). Guidance Document on Statistical Analysis of Ecotoxicity Data.

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Brain P. and Cousens R. (1989). An equation to describe dose-responses where there is stimulation of growth at low doses. Weed Research, 29, 93-96.

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