Abreviations and Definitions

• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
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Abbr eviations and De fin itions

AUBA Au stri an Um welt bun desam t Gmb H

CAS Chem ical Abst ract s Serv ice

CLP Classificat ion an d Labelling Regul atio n

CMR Carci noge nic, mu tag enic, to xic for repr oduction - A sub stan ce that is

classified as carcin ogenic cat egor y 1 or 2, and/ or muta genic ca tegory 1 or

2, and/ or t oxic for repr oducti on ca tegory 1 or 2

ECHA Eur opean Chem ical s Agency

EEE Elect rical and elect ron ic eq uipm ent , w hich accordin g to RoHS Ar ticl e 3( 1)

mean s equ ipm ent wh ich is depen dent on e lectri c cur rents or

electr omagne tic fields in o rder to work properly and equi pment for th e

gen erat ion , t ransfer and measur eme nt of such cur -rents an d fields and

design ed for use wit h a volt age rat ing not exceeding 1 000 v olts f or

alt ernating cur rent and 1 500 vol ts f or d irect curr ent;

IEC Internation al Electr otechni cal Com mi ssion

PBT Persist ent , bioaccum ulative and toxic - A sub stan ce t hat fulfils th e

per sist ence, bioaccum ulat ion and toxicit y crit eri a set out in Annex XVI II of

REACH

POP Persi stent orga nic p ollut ant s

REACH Regul ation (EC) No 1 907 /2 006 of t he Euro pean Parl iament and of the

Coun cil of 18 Decem ber 2006 concern ing the Regist rati on, Evaluation ,

Aut horisat ion and Restrict ion of Chemicals, estab lishi ng a Eur opean

Chem icals Agency

RoHS Dire ctiv e 20 11/ 65/ EU of th e European Parl iame nt and of the Council of 8

June 20 11 on t he r estr ictio n of the u se of cer tain h azard ous su bsta nces in

electrical and elect ronic equ ipm ent

SCIP A dat abase fo r in form ati on on Substan ces of Concer n I n ar ticl es and i n

Product s

SPIN Substances in Prepar ations in Nord ic Count ries

SU Des cripti on o f use

vPvB Ver y persist ent , v ery bi oaccu mul ative - A subst ance th at f ulfils th e very

per sistent and ver y bioaccum ulative crit eria set out in Annex XVI II of

REACH

ZVEI Ze ntr alverb and Elekt rot echn ik- un d Elektr onik indu stri e e. V. ( Germ an

Elect rica l an d Elect ron ic Ma nufact urer s' Associ ation)