| A.I.S.E. |
International Association for Soaps, Detergents & Maintenance Products
Association Internationale de la Savonnerie de la Détergence et des Produits d'Entretian |
| ACI |
American Cleaning Institute |
| AFPSP |
Air Fresheners Product Stewardship Programme |
| APPLIA |
Home Appliance Europe, formerly known as CECED |
| BEUC |
European Consumer Organisation |
| BPR |
Biocidal Products Regulation |
| CARACAL |
Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CECED |
European Committee of Manufacturers of Domestic Equipment, now renamed APPLIA |
| CEFIC |
Conseil Européen de l'Industrie Chimique - European Chemical Industry Council |
| CESIO |
Comité Européen des Agents de Surface et de leurs Intermédiaries Organiques - European Committee of Organic Surfactants and their Intermediates |
| CLP |
Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures |
| CSA/CSR |
Chemical Safety Assessment/Chemical Safety Report |
| CSP |
Charter Sustainability Procedures |
| DetNet |
Detergent Industry Network for CLP classification |
| DG |
Directorate General (European Commission) |
| DPD |
Dangerous Preparations Directive |
| DSD |
Dangerous Substances Directive |
| DUCC |
Downstream Users of Chemicals |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECETOC |
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals |
| ECHA |
European Chemicals Agency |
| ECRN |
European Chemical Region Network |
| EEB |
European Environmental Bureau |
| EMAS |
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme |
| EPAA |
European Partnership on Alternative Approaches |
| ERASM |
Environmental Risk Assessment Steering Management Committee of A.I.S.E./CECED |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUSES |
European Uniform System for the Evaluation of Substances |
| ES |
Exposure Scenario |
| ESC |
Environmental Safety Check |
| EUEB |
EU Eco-labelling Board |
| FEMIN |
European Federation of Manufacturers and Traders of Cleaning machines, material and Accessories |
| GCC |
Gult Cooperation Council |
| GHS |
Blobally Harmonised Hazard Classification and compatible labelling system |
| GREAT- ER |
Geography-referenced Regional Exposure Assessment Tool for European Rivers |
| GPP |
Green Public Procurement |
| HERA |
Human and Environmental Risk Assessment on ingredients of Household Cleaning Products |
| IA |
Impact Assessment |
| IAQ |
Indoor air quality |
| ICN |
Industry Classification Network |
| ICPAIE |
International Cleaning Products Associations Information Exchange |
| I&I |
Industrial & Institutional Products, now referred to as PC&H |
| INCPA |
International Network for Cleaning Products Association |
| ISO |
International Standardisation Organisation |
| JRC |
Joint Research Centre |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| LCA |
Life Cycle Assessment |
| LCI |
Life Cycle Inventory |
| LSP |
Laundry Sustainability Project |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PCC |
Poison Control Centre |
| PCE |
European Chemical Bureau Department of Physical and Chemical Exposure |
| PC&H |
Professional Cleaning & Hygiene |
| PEC |
Projected Environmental Concentration |
| PEF |
Product Environmental Footprint |
| PREP |
Product Resource Efficiency Project |
| RA, RAR |
Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment Report |
| RAC |
Risk Assessment Committee (REACH and CLP) |
| RCR |
Risk Characterization Ratios |
| REACH |
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals |
| REACH- IT |
REACH Information Technology |
| REACT |
REACH Exposure Assessment Consumer Tool |
| RIP |
REACH Implementation Project |
| (Q) SAR |
(Quantitative) Structure Activity Relationship |
| (Q) SAR |
(Quantitative) Structure Activity Relationship |
| SCHER |
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks |
| SCP/SIP |
Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy |
| SDS |
Safety Data Sheet |
| SEPAWA |
Association of Soap, Perfume and Detergent Experts |
| SMEs |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SPERCS |
Specific Environmental Release Categories |
| SUMIs |
Safe Use of Mixtures Information |
| SVHC |
Substances of Very High Concern |
| SWEDs |
Sector-specific Worker Exposure Descriptions |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNGHS |
United Nations Globally Harmonised System of Classification & Labelling |