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• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
• Pages: 5-6

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Abbreviations

ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

BAUA German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

bw Body Weight

C&L Classification and Labelling inventory

CAS number A CAS Registry Number, also referred to as CASRN or CAS Number,

is a unique numerical identifier assigned by Chemical Abstracts

Service (CAS) to every chemical substance described in the open

scientific literature

CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and

packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing

Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation

(EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH)

CoRAP Community Rolling Action Plan

DecaBDE Decabromdiphenylether

DEPA Danish Environmental Protection Agency

DNEL Derived No Effect Levels

EC number The European Community number (EC Number) is a unique seven-

digit identifier that was assigned to substances for regulatory

purposes within the European Union by the European Commission

ECETOC European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals

ECETOC TRA ECETOC’s Targeted Risk Assessment

ECHA European Chemical Agency

ED Endocrine Disruption

EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment

EFRA European Flame Retardants Association

EFSA European Food Safety Authority

ESIA European Semiconductor Industry Association

EU RAR EU Risk Assessment Report

FR4 Flame resistant epoxy resin binder for glass-reinforced epoxy

laminate materials used in rigid printed wiring boards

GADSL Global Automotive Declarable Substance List

HBCDD Hexabromocyclododecane

HIPS High Impact Polystyrene

IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer

IPA Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and

Automatisation