 Data Sharing & Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF) |
| |
| One of the objectives of REACH is to limit vertebrate animal testing as far as possible, while balancing that with the generation of necessary information to identify the hazard of substances. Therefore duplicate animal testing has to be avoided and tests on vertebrate animals for the purposes of REACH shall only be undertaken as a last resort.
Before new tests are conducted to comply with the identified information needs (Annex XI), and thus with the information requirements, potential registrants have to take part in the data sharing mechanisms set up for tests on vertebrate animals. They may use those mechanisms for other tests not involving vertebrate animals to save time and money.
As a first step, summaries and robust study summaries of tests will only be protected for ten years from their Registration, after this time period the Agency will make them freely available to all potential registrants asking for them.
For other tests, the mechanisms set up shall encourage manufacturers and importers of substances to come to an agreement on the sharing of tests and costs. Forced sharing of tests involving vertebrate animals is a last resort. |
| |
| Before testing on vertebrate animals is carried out, the potential registrant will need to check whether the same substance has already been registered, or whether another potential registrant is making an inquiry to register the same substance at the same time. This is done by looking in the Agency's database, and by submitting information to the Agency about himself, his substance and which information requirements would require new studies on vertebrate animals and other new studies to be carried out by him. |
| |
|
|
