ADR
Regulations for road transport
BAP
Best Available Practice
BAT
Best Available Technique
BCF
Bioconcentration factor
BREF
BAT REFerence document
C&L&P
Classification, labelling and packaging
CAS
Chemicals abstract service number
CCA
Copper, chrome, arsenic
CMR
Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction
CoC
Chain of Custody
COD
Chemical Oxygen Demand
COSHH
Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
DBP
Dibutylphtalate
DEHP
Diethylhexylphtalate
ECB
European Chemicals Bureau
EINECS
European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances
ELV
Emission Limit Value
End of Life Vehicle
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EMS
Environmental management system
EPER
European Pollutant Emission Register
EQS
Environmental Quality Standard
FM
Forest Management
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council
GHK
Good housekeeping
HELCOM
Helsinki Commission
HVLP
High-volume, low-pressure
ICAO/IATA
Regulations for air transport
IMDG
Regulations for sea transport
IPPC
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
LC
Lethal concentration
LCA
Life-cycle analysis
LCP
Large Combustion Plant
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets
NACE
Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community
NOEC
No observed effect concentration
NP/ NPE
Nonylphenol/ nonylphenolethoxylate
NPO
Non-product output
OEL
Occupational Exposure Limit Value
OSPAR
Oslo and Paris Commission
PAH
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PBDE
Pentabromdiphenyl ether
PBT
Persistent, bio-accumulative and/or toxic chemicals
PCB/ PCT
Polychlorinated Biphenils/ Polychlorinated Terphenils
PCP
Pentachlorophenol
PEC
Predicted Environmental Concentration
PEFC
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes
PNEC
Predicted No Effect Concentration
REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
RID
Regulations for rail transport
ROHS
Regulation on hazardous substances in electric appliances
SCCPs
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins
SDS
Safety data sheet
SME
Small and medium size enterprises
TGD
Technical Guidance Document
VOC
Volatile Organic Compounds
vPvB
Very Persistent very Bioaccumulative
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WFD
Water Framework Directive
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