The manufacturer(s) and importer(s) of the substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall deliver all relevant and available information concerning exposure to man and the environment of these substances to the Commission within four months of the entry in force of this Regulation.
The information relevant to the exposure information concerns the emission of, or exposure to, the chemical to human populations or environmental spheres at various stages during the life cycle of the substance according Article 3 (3) and Annex 1A of Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 where:
- the human populations are workers, consumers and man exposed via the environment;
- the environmental spheres are aquatic, terrestrial and atmosphere, as well as information related to fate of the chemical in waste water treatment plants and it's accumulation in the food chain;
- the life cycle of a substance is seen as manufacture, transport, storage, formulation into a preparation or other processing, use and disposal or recovery.