Data Collection
Reporting starts with the collection of information and data by producers or importers. It can be done regularly, for example, by the end of a year, or upon request. The type of information requested from industry needs to be clearly defined. Information may also be collected through other elements of the scheme. The information/data collected needs to be transferred from industry to the government and checked for completeness against the requested information.
For a high resource implementation, as well as the activities for medium resource, industry should be required to collect all relevant information available. This could include estimated and measured exposures for the stages of the lifecycle, hazard information, risk assessments for the expected uses, risk management through GHS labelling and safety data sheets. (Guidance on implementing the GHS can be found in the Classification and Labelling System Management Scheme component of the Toolbox).
The information should allow your country to perform its own hazard assessment and risk assessment using national data for exposure assessment, and to perform its own national risk assessment.
The steps proposed to implement this sub-element are as follows:
- Collection of specific required information and data for selected chemicals by producers and importers, including identification and substantiation of CBI claims.
- Information transfer from industry to the government. An electronic template should be used for the information transfer.
- Assessment of the completeness of the information received.
Relevant tools
- Strengthening National Information Systems and Information Exchange for the Sound Management of Chemicals - Final Report, UNITAR September 1998
- OECD Harmonised Templates
- OECD Manual for the Assessment of Chemicals
- OECD Decision on the Minimum Pre-marketing set of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals
- OECD Recommendation on the Protection of Proprietary Rights to Data Submitted in Notifications of New Chemicals
- OECD Recommendation on the Exchange of Confidential Data on Chemicals
- Recommendation on the OECD List of Non-Confidential Data on Chemicals
- OECD (Q)SAR Toolbox
- OECD: eChemPortal
- Case study of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan