
Choose from 5 options:
Note: If you meet our equivalent criterion for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for human health, then you will also meet it for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment.
Your chemical’s end use in Australia must be the same as the end use overseas. Otherwise, you will not meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment.
The end use overseas is the end use that the trusted overseas body assessed and described in the overseas report.
Most industrial chemical introductions into Australia will meet at least one of the following end uses. See Part 2.1.2 of the Categorisation Guidelines for a definition of these end uses.
For your chemical to have the ’same end use’, your end use in Australia and your end use overseas must both fit within the same entry from the above list.
If your chemical’s end use in Australia is the same as the end use described in the overseas report, continue to Step 5 to work out if you meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment.
If your chemical’s end use in Australia is different to the end use described in the overseas report, you do not meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment.
If you have direct access to the complete overseas report, check the above list to work out the correct end use description for your introduction.
If you do not have direct access to the complete overseas report, check the information that was submitted to the overseas body. This is the information that the overseas body based their assessment on.
End use in Australia | Hair care products |
End use definition for the Australian end use | Personal care products not covered by other end uses |
End use assessed overseas | Make-up products |
End use definition for the overseas end use | Personal care products not covered by other end uses |
Could you meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment? | Yes – the definition for the overseas end use and the Australian end use are the same |
End use in Australia | Cleaning products |
End use definition for the Australian end use | Cleaning and furniture care products |
End use assessed overseas | Lubricant |
End use definition for the overseas end use | Lubricant and grease product |
Could you meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for the environment? | No – the definition for the overseas end use and the Australian end use are different |