EXPOSURE SCENARIOS Use description and mapping for cleaning and maintenance products To support suppliers (substance registrants) prepare
their chemical safety assessments and reports, A.I.S.E. has developed
comprehensive, use description tables based on the use descriptor
system (see ECHA guidance on chemical safety assessment/report indicates
available on the ECHA website: These tables detail all process categories, product categories and environmental release categories which are relevant for each use for the cleaning and maintenance products sector. Since ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment TRA is seen as the preferred first-tier exposure assessment tool, uses have been described and exposure parameters listed in a way that allows running the TRA. The Downstream Users of Chemicals Co-ordination (DUCC) Group agreed on a common DUCC format (click here to download the blank) to describe and report uses, therefore the tables 2, 3 and 4 follow the DUCC use reporting format. The lists of uses are expected to cover the vast majority
(>80 %) of the uses of A.I.S.E. members, both large and small
companies. For each use, use descriptors and Environmental Release
Categories (ERCs) are provided. The “product sub-category”
corresponds to entries in the ECETOC TRA, where it is possible to
differentiate products types within a given Product Category. Short
exposure scenario titles are proposed to registrants. The “A.I.S.E.
use code” is mostly for reference. Individual A.I.S.E. members
active in this market sector may wish to report additional uses
on a one-to-one basis to their suppliers. Note: since this is work-in-progress (changes into the ECHA Guidance on use reporting are planned in 2009), the list provided herewith may not be exhaustive and may be subject to changes. Suppliers are advised to check this list on a regular basis. Table 1: Consumer uses of cleaning and maintenance
products according to the REACH Use Descriptor System - A.I.S.E.
uses description for Tier-1 exposure assessment Table 2: Institutional and Industrial
uses of cleaning and maintenance products according to the REACH
Use Descriptor System - A.I.S.E. uses description for Tier-1 exposure
assessment Table 3: Manufacturing of cleaning
and maintenance products according to the REACH Use Descriptor System
- A.I.S.E. uses description for Tier-1 exposure assessment Click here to download the changes made to the use tables NEW Click here to download the A.I.S.E. Practical Guidance on use reporting NEW
General information on exposure scenarios Tiered approach for exposure assessment, including table of “Habits and Practices” for consumers |