A.I.S.E. REACH implementation and communication support

A.I.S.E. Revised Specific Environmental Release Categories (SPERCs)

The Specific Environmental Release Categories SPERCs allow a simple, Downstream User sector-specific refinement of the environmental emissions to avoid over-conservative environmental risk assessment. More information on how to make best use of the SPERCs is available online in the Cefic guidance on SPERCs.

A.I.S.E. strongly encourages registrants when preparing their CSA or by  Downstream Users for their own DU CSA in the future, to use these revised SPERCs. This concept of SPERCs is in line with ECHA's Guidance on Information Requirements/Chemical Safety Assessment. SPERCs provide a solid basis for improved emission assessment and more realistic environmental exposure assessment.

In order to address comments received after the first registration deadline, A.I.S.E. has updated its SPERCs factsheets. The revised SPERCs (version 2) are now available for the 2013 registrants.

The revised SPERCs have been made available through SPERC factsheets and in so called CHESAR SPERC files. These are electronic formats for direct use of SPERCs with ECHA's IT Tool for Chemical Safety Report: CHESAR. The CHESAR SPERC files can be used with the CHESAR 2.1 version and support thorough documentation and justification of the emission assessment in the Chemical Safety Report produced by CHESAR. 

• Download A.I.S.E. SPERCs Overview table 
• Download A.I.S.E. SPERC Factsheets
• Download A.I.S.E./Cosmetic Europe SPERC Factsheet for industrial use in formulation of solid cosmetic and home care product
• Download A.I.S.E. SPERC into CHESAR format (chr.xml zip file)
• Download advice for users of SPERCs for wide dispersive uses in CHESAR 2.1

Please note that the default values underlying the A.I.S.E. SPERCs have already been implemented in the ECETOC TRA, PetroRisk and EastyTRA and thus will assist registrants in running more realistic exposure calcuations.  
Note: A.I.S.E. advises to employ AISE SPERC 8a.1.a.v2 in cases where reactive substances (ERC 8b) and wide dispersive outdoor use of processing aids in open systems (ERC 8d) are assessed.

How to read the SPERCs codes:

• Abbreviation:  A.I.S.E. 2.1.k.v2.
• The first part specify the entity i.e. A.I.S.E. which is responsible for the content of the SPERC.
• The first number “2” specifies the ERC which is refined by the SPERC.
• The third number“1”is an index number given by A.I.S.E, followed by a letter “k”, to differentiate between the different set of default values that one SPERC may contain.
• Part four “v2” is the version number.

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