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Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 396 of 30 December 2006).
[F1The objective of the exposure assessment shall be to make a quantitative and qualitative estimate of the dose/concentration of the substance to which humans and the environment are or may be exposed. The assessment shall consider all stages of the life-cycle of the substance resulting from the manufacture and identified uses and shall cover any exposures that may relate to the hazards identified in Sections 1 to 4. The assessment shall address all nanoforms that are covered by the registration. The exposure assessment shall entail the following two steps, which shall be clearly identified as such in the Chemical Safety Report:]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1881 of 3 December 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annexes I, III,VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII to address nanoforms of substances (Text with EEA relevance).
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Generation of exposure scenario(s) or the generation of relevant use and exposure categories.
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Exposure Estimation.
Where required and in accordance with Article 31, the exposure scenario shall also be included in an annex to the Safety Data Sheet.
The final exposure scenario shall be presented under the relevant heading of the chemical safety report, and included in an annex to the safety data sheet, using an appropriate short title giving a brief general description of the use, consistent with those given in Section 3.5 of Annex VI. Exposure scenarios shall cover any manufacture in [F2Great Britain] and all identified uses.
Textual Amendments
F2 Words in Annex 1 point 5.1.1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(b), 7(3)(a)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
In particular, an exposure scenario includes, where relevant, a description of:
Operational conditions
the processes involved, including the physical form in which the substance is manufactured, processed and/or used,
the activities of workers related to the processes and the duration and frequency of their exposure to the substance,
the activities of consumers and the duration and frequency of their exposure to the substance,
the duration and frequency of emissions of the substance to the different environmental compartments and sewage treatment systems and the dilution in the receiving environmental compartment.
Risk management measures
the risk management measures to reduce or avoid direct and indirect exposure of humans (including workers and consumers) and the different environmental compartments to the substance,
the waste management measures to reduce or avoid exposure of humans and the environment to the substance during waste disposal and/or recycling.
Textual Amendments
F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1881 of 3 December 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annexes I, III,VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII to address nanoforms of substances (Text with EEA relevance).
When nanoforms are covered by the registration, a characterisation of the dissolution rate, the particle aggregation, the agglomeration and of the particle surface chemistry changes shall be included.]
adequately measured, representative exposure data,
any major impurities and additives in the substance,
the quantity in which the substance is produced and/or imported,
the quantity for each identified use,
implemented or recommended risk management, including the degree of containment,
duration and frequency of exposure according to the operational conditions,
the activities of workers related to the processes and the duration and frequency of their exposure to the substance,
the activities of consumers and the duration and frequency of their exposure to the substance,
the duration and frequency of emissions of the substance to the different environmental compartments and the dilution in the receiving environmental compartment,
the physicochemical properties of the substance,
transformation and/or degradation products,
the likely routes of exposure of and potential for absorption in humans,
the likely pathways to the environment and environmental distribution and degradation and/or transformation (see also Section 3 Step 1),
scale (geographical) of exposure,
matrix dependent release/migration of the substance.