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[24/04/2009] An updated version of the EC inventory and the "list numbers" are now available

A new version of the EC inventory (version 1.1) is now available for downloading at the IUCLID website.

This version of the EC inventory contains the whole of the European INventory of Existing commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) and the No-Longer Polymer (NLP) inventories as published on ESIS. In addition it contains the European LIst of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS) inventory numbers that were allocated up until January 2009. Additional information such as the chemical name is only present if published in the 6th publication of ELINCS. This updated version of the EC inventory contains 106,208 entries.

In addition, the "list numbers" assigned to pre-registered substances without a current EC number have been gathered in two "list numbers" IUCLID files. A first file contains 17,087 substances that have been pre-registered with a CAS number (series 600 of the "list numbers") while the second file contains 22,015 substances pre-registered as multi-constituent substances or with only a chemical name as identifier (series 900 of the "list numbers"). The "list numbers" should be used to make the registration of these substances easier. For more information, please refer to ECHA press release of 27th March 2009 (ECHA/PR/09/03).

Who needs to import these new files in its IUCLID database?

• The new EC inventory (version 1.1) should be imported by previous registrants of a substance for which they cannot find the corresponding EC number in the EC inventory installed in IUCLID.
• The "list numbers" should be imported in IUCLID by potential registrants of a substance that was pre-registered without a current EC number.

To download the new EC inventory and the "list numbers" IUCLID files, click here.

To import the new EC inventory and/or the "list numbers" into your IUCLID installation, perform the following steps. Open IUCLID. On the "home" page presented after login, click the word "Import" that is shown below "Inventory" in the "Inventories" section. Select the file that contains the new EC inventory and import.