Technical Guidance for Decision-Making

A 247-page draft TGD for producing an Annex XV dossier was published in May 2006 as part of RIP 4.4 [495], which formed the basis for other guidance in 2007. It presents an excellent, highly technical explanation of how to consider alternative regulatory options. For instance, after explaining the interaction of REACH procedures, how to assess information for the harmonisation of classification and labelling 

21 Recent amendments have changed the number of the legal recitals, articles and annexes of the legislative text in a previous version of the draft legislative text, what is now referred to as an Annex XV dossier was an Annex XIV dossier . 

The systems framework proposes to sort chemical uses according to restriction, authorisation (including national permitting schemes) or target-setting (i.e., restricted, authorised, or tolerable uses). To manage this process, a decision-making matrix has been developed that would serve as a  

Format to present risk assessment results for the purpose of risk reduction decision-making. 

Method to recommend appropriate regulatory options, including target-setting. 

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