What do I need to do to introduce an internationally assessed chemical?
You will need to provide certain information in your pre-introduction report before you introduce a chemical using the international pathway.
The following table summarises the information you must provide in your pre-introduction report.
We have separate guides to help you submit a PIR for each type of internationally-assessed introduction:
- internationally-assessed for both human health and the environment
- internationally-assessed for human health only
- internationally-assessed for the environment only
If you use the international pathway for human health or the environment only, you only need to submit the appropriate data items.
| Information requirement | Internationally assessed for human health and the environment | Internationally assessed for human health only | Internationally assessed for the environment only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity (few items) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sc 20 declaration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import or manufacture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Introduction volume per year | ✓ | ✓ | |
| End use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (if not for research and development) |
| Maximum concentration at introduction and end use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Known hazard classification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| International assessment body (health and/or environment) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parameters in international assessment (few items) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Date (year) of international assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reference number and identity in international assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Provide a declaration that the report of international assessment is available, at our request | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conditions applied in international assessment, if any | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| How you will meet those conditions in Australia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Provide a declaration that the risk in Australia is no higher than the risk identified in the international assessment | ✓ (human health and environment) | ✓ (health) | ✓ (environment) |
| Provide a declaration regarding any hazard or increase in a hazard that was identified after the assessment | ✓ (human health and environment) | ✓ (health) | ✓ (environment) |
| Environment exposure band | ✓ | ||
| Whether there is designated release | ✓ | ||
| Environment categorisation volume (if not designated release) and how calculated | ✓ | ||
| Known environmental hazard characteristics | ✓ | ||
| Declaration regarding hazard information provision 31(a)(viii) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Whether a specified class of introduction under 7(2) or 7(3) | ✓ | ||
| Human health exposure band, and criteria it is based on | ✓ | ||
| Polymer details (several) if high molecular weight and human health exposure band is 3 | ✓ | ||
| Known human health hazard characteristics | ✓ | ||
| If introduced under item 6 of Sc24 table, declaration that requirements have been met | ✓ | ||
| Whether a specified class of introduction under 7(3) or 7(4) | ✓ |