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• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
• Pages: 8-8

Euro pean Comm issio n

In ven tor y an d p rior iti satio n

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vol ume s of use in EEE. Th e substances in t his list have been pre-pr iorit ised in

acco rdan ce w ith cri teria d e-scrib ed in the man ual, int o t en pri orit y g roup s, w ith

gr oup I associ ated wit h t he highest and gro up X w ith t he l owest pr iorit y (r efer to

manual P I St ep 2 : Prior ity p re-assessm ent of inventor y sub-stances) .

 List of prio ritised substances: A spreadsh eet form at list co ntai ning 431 su bsta nces

fr om the priori ty group I of the Pre-pr ior itis ed su bstance inventor y m ent ione d

above, com plem ent ed w ith inform ati on on thei r use (app licat ions) in g enera l and

in EEE as well as t heir v olum es of use in g enera l and in EEE, w here su ch

infor mat ion was avail able. Substances on t his list w ere fur the r so rted int o fi ve

clu ster s to i mpr ove t he clari ty of r esults.

Thr ee st akehold er cons ulta tion s wer e con duct ed t o r equest addit ional inform ati on

fr om par tici pati ng o rgan isati ons, wit h a focus on app licat ions of su bsta nces i n EEE

and vol umes of use ( quan tit ies) of su bsta nces i n EEE in the EU. Wh ile many

organ isation s contribu ted inform ation on appli cations of subst ances, and som e

inform ation on th e am oun t of specif ic su bsta nces used in ar ticles m anu fact ured by

th ose org anisat ions, no d ata could be retr ieved r egar ding the am ount or order of

magn itu de of subst ances in EEE in t otal in the EU. Thi s lack of data was a lim itation

of the st udy reg arding th e prior iti zatio n of substa nces. Limi ted info rmation could be

retriev ed fr om the Ur ban Mine Platform . Add itio nal dat a on pr esence in arti cles m ay

be in t he futur e avail able thr ough th e SCIP dat a b ase an d ot her fut ure init iativ es.

2. About this docum ent

This d ocum ent describes th e st eps t hat wer e car ried out accord ing to t he

met hodol ogy man ual. Th e manual d escrib es t he ap proa ch an d pr ovid es in stru ctions

on how to carry out the com pilat ion of an inv ent ory and prioritisat ion of substances.

This docu ment describes th e result s of applyi ng t his met hodo logy in the cour se of t his

study and devia tion s fr om it, w here applicabl e. To incr ease th e readabili ty of t his

docu men t, part s of the met hodol ogy man ual ha ve b een cop ied in f or the co nvenience

of havi ng t he descri ption of th e appr oach and the result s in one place. Parag raph s

copi ed f rom th e manual are f orm att ed in italics.

1 Two s ubst ances are c onsid ered to b e in ter chang eable and were th erefo re co mbi ned into a sin gle ent ry.