Customisation Opportunities of IUCLID for the Management of Chemical Data
OECD · OECD series on testing and assessment · 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, the European Commission, partner countries and other stakeholders including international organisations, industry, and non-governmental organisations work together in the OECD chemicals safety programme (The OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme [www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/]) to develop and co-ordinate activities on chemical safety and biosafety on an international basis.The OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology (Joint Meeting) manages this work.In order to achieve efficiencies in chemical management, part of this work is dedicated to the development and/or promotion of information technology systems, including the software application, IUCLID (International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database), of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).In 1999, the OECD Task Force on Existing Chemicals, a subsidiary body of the OECD Joint Meeting, recommended the use of the IUCLID software for the collection and distribution of data under the OECD High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals Programme.The Joint Meeting established the IUCLID User Group Expert Panel (the Expert Panel) under the auspices of the OECD to oversee and provide a catalyst for further development of IUCLID and to identify world-wide IUCLID user needs, particularly those identified by users in regulatory settings.The European Commission, which owned IUCLID, committed to consult the Expert Panel on all further developments of IUCLID in order to assure full compatibility between the European Union programme on existing chemicals and that of the OECD.The ownership of IUCLID was transferred to ECHA in 2008.ECHA, as the implementing body of the European Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), as well as the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation) and the Biocidal Products Regulation, has the task to develop and maintain IUCLID and the underlying format in collaboration with the OECD.The IUCILD software was developed further to comply with the EU regulations, the OECD HPV Chemicals Programme, and with developments in international harmonisation, especially the OECD Harmonised Templates.The version of IUCLID software released in 2016 allows for greater customisation of IUCLID.The IUCLID User Group Expert Panel developed this document in collaboration with ECHA to outline the possibilities for customising IUCLID for use in different jurisdictions and for extension and integration with other tools.1.