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Acronyms in the CLP Knowledgebase
There are a lot of acronyms used in chemical classification systems, so here are some of the main ones you may encounter in this knowledgebase:
| ADR | European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
| ATE | Acute Toxicity Estimate. Concept used in the classification of acute toxic hazards to human health (fatal or toxic or harmful if swallowed, in contact with skin, or if inhaled). Harmonised classifications may also include published ATEs which are to be used in mixture classification. |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CHIP | The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations, UK regulations which covered the classification, labelling and packaging and supply of SDSs for chemicals for supply prior to the implementation of CLP. |
| CLP | Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation, a directly-acting EU regulation not transposed into UK national law. |
| COMAH | Control of Major Accident Hazards |
| COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, see the HSE website at http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm . A COSHH assessment is a specific assessment of these hazards in order to comply with the COSHH regulations. There is help on the HSE website, including COSHH essentials, an online version of the risk assessment for straightforward use/ hazard combinations: http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/essentials/index.htm . |
| CMR | Carcinogen, Mutagen, Reprotoxin. These hazards are often described together rather than individually. |
| DNAPL | Dense Non Aqueous Phase Liquid |
| DPD | The Dangerous Preparations Directive, an EEC/EU directive which was implemented in the UK under CHIP. Now superseded by CLP, but CHIP labels and SDSs are still valid for mixtures until 1st June 2017. |
| DSD | The Dangerous Substances Directive, an EEC/EU directive which was implemented in the UK under CHIP. Now superseded by CLP, but CHIP labels and SDSs are still valid for mixtures until 1st June 2017. |
| EA | Environment Agency |
| EC | European Commission |
| EEC | European Economic Community (precursor to the EU) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUH | European Union Hazard |
| GHS | Global Harmonised Standard |
| HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association |
| IBC | Intermediate Bulk Container, a large cube container usually stored on a pallet, or with an in-built pallet. Either made of plastic or metal. Sometimes known as “semi-bulks”. Comes in 1 cubic metre, (1000 litre) size as standard, can also be larger or smaller. |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| LNAPL | Light Non Aqueous Phase Liquid |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association (USA) |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA) |
| PBT | Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic, a a non-GHS classification found in REACH. This is a technical designation, referring to toxic substances which can build up in plants or animals, without being excreted, and lead to health and ecosystem problems. |
| PIC | Prior Informed Consent regulation |
| PSN | Proper Shipping Name (used in Transport of Dangerous Goods) |
| REACH | Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals Regulation, a directly-acting EU regulation not transposed into UK national law. |
| SCL | Specific Concentration Limit, where a given concentration has a CLP classification different to the classification derived from the CLP algorithms. Usually only found in Harmonised Classifications, but can theoretically be produced for other substances and could be published as part of a REACH dossier. |
| SDS | Safety Data Sheet. Also known as the Manufacturer’s Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), especially in the USA. Contains information on the hazardous properties of the substance to enable people using the product to carry out a good quality risk assessment (including a formal COSHH assessment, if required), and use the products as safely as possible, based on current knowledge of the product’s hazards. |
| S.G. | Specific gravity (the density of a liquid compared to the density of water, that is a number without any units, although it can be converted to density if the temperature of the test is known). |
| SVHC | Substance of Very High Concern, a non-GHS classification found in the REACH regulation. This is a political, rather than a technical designation, made on the basis of long term health hazards such as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction properties, or long term environmental hazard. SVHCs are all candidates for the authorisation process under REACH, but not all of them have been authorised. |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym (sorry, couldn’t resist the joke!) |
| TTE | TT Environmental Ltd, knowledgebase authors |
| UFI | Unique Formulation Identifier |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| USA | United States of America |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| UVCB | (substances of) Unknown Variable composition, Complex reaction products and Biological origin |
| vPvB | very Persistent, very Bioaccumulative, a non-GHS classification found in REACH. This is a technical designation, referring to non-toxic substances which can build up in plants or animals, without being excreted, and lead to health and ecosystem problems. Although vPvB substances are not classified as being toxic under CLP, but can become toxic when they build up over time. |
Found an acronym we haven’t added to this list? let us know on info@ttenvironmenta.wpengine.com .
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