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Available now: September 2025 Categorisation Guidelines

We have released the September 2025 Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines, including an updated list of chemicals with high hazards for categorisation. We also updated our online Guide to categorising your chemical importation and manufacture to reflect the changes that take effect on 1 September 2025.

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3 September 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 3 September 2025

Variation of inventory listing because approval had been revoked for CAS number 3094219-85-6 and CAS number 3094220-20-6

3 September 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 3 September 2025

Chemical added to the inventory five years after assessment certificate CAS number 125093-27-8

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21 August 2025

It's time to submit your annual declaration for 2024–25

News item with information on how to submit an annual declaration.

29 August 2025

Available now: download the latest Inventory snapshot – 25 August 2025

We took a snapshot of all the chemicals on the Inventory on 25 August 2025 and published it as a downloadable spreadsheet in an Excel format (.xlsx).

25 August 2025

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 25 August 2025

Chemical added to the inventory following issue of assessment certificate

21 August 2025

Do you need to submit a post-introduction declaration (PID) for 2024-25?

Check what exempted category introductions these declarations apply to.

20 August 2025

Variation to Inventory listing after evaluation: CAS No. 119344-86-4 - 20 August 2025

Variation to Inventory listing after evaluation

20 August 2025

Variation to Inventory listing after evaluation: CAS No. 34036-80-1 - 20 August 2025

Variation to Inventory listing after evaluation

13 August 2025

Chemical added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 13 August 2025

Industrial chemical added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate

5 August 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 5 August 2025

Variation to inventory listing - revocation of approval for proper name to be treated as CBI: CAS number 3087562-36-2

28 July 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 28 July 2025

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (Inventory): CAS numbers 1141331-70-5, 1141331-70-5, 162201-45-8 and 254748-33-9.

25 July 2025

Specific information requirements – new forms, guides and updated Inventory chemical records now live

25 July 2025

Variation of Inventory listings: more details on specific information requirements for NICNAS-assessed chemicals

21 July 2025

AICIS registration now open for 2025–26

Registration for 2025–26 is now open in the AICIS Business Services portal for the period 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026.

21 July 2025

No changes to AICIS charges for 2025–26

There are no changes to AICIS fees and levies for 2025–26.

16 July 2025

New chemical assessment statements published - 16 July 2025

Two new chemical assessment statements published.

10 July 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 10 July 2025

Two chemicals added to the Inventory: CAS numbers 2411191-47-2 and 1441045-54-0.

26 June 2025

Evaluation workplan for 2025-26: help us by sharing your chemical hazard and exposure information

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26 June 2025

Notice of completed evaluations – 26 June 2025

We've published 18 evaluation statements on the human health and environmental risks associated with the use of certain chemicals on the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.

18 June 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 18 June 2025

Information about chemicals added to the Inventory.

29 May 2025

Coming soon: Changes to simplify SIR compliance for listed introductions

We will soon implement changes to help introducers comply with reporting obligations for listed introductions that have a specific information requirement.

19 May 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 19 May 2025

The Executive Director varied the terms of the Inventory listing for the following chemical because approval had been revoked for the proper name of the indu

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15 May 2025

AICIS Business Services switching to new payment platform in June

AICIS Business Services will switch to the ANZ Worldline payment gateway for all banking and card services in mid-June.

8 May 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 8 May 2025

Details of chemicals added to the Inventory for CAS numbers 891196-26-2, 891196-27-3, 891196-27-3, 891196-33-1, 1160106-68-2.

5 May 2025

New chemical assessment statements - 5 May 2025

The assessment statements for the following chemicals are published under section 37 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

28 April 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 28 April 2025

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (Inventory) in accordance with section 82 of the Indus

15 April 2025

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 15 April 2025

We have added an industrial chemical to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals in accordance with section 83 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

2 April 2025

List of evaluations in progress – updated 2 April 2025

Evaluations under consultation, in progress and completed.

21 March 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 21 March 2025

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (Inventory) in accordance with section 82 of the Indus

12 March 2025

Have your say on linking NICNAS public reports to Inventory chemical records

28 February 2025

Our 2025 Categorisation Guidelines consultation is complete

Thank you for your feedback to our public consultation on changes to the AICIS Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines for 2025. Our summary of the consultation outcome includes feedback we received and our responses.

25 February 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 25 February 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificates.

24 February 2025

Have your say by 8 April 2025: information requirements for ‘designated fluorinated chemical’ assessments

We are seeking feedback on the clarity of the information requirements that will be added to the form for an AICIS assessment certificate application for a chemical that is a ‘designated fluorinated chemical’.

21 February 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 21 February 2025

Details of a variation made to an Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval.

18 February 2025

Correction of chemical names - 18 February 2025

Details of updates to the names of chemicals on the Inventory to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) name.

5 February 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 5 February

AICIS's Executive Director has varied the terms of an Inventory listing because approval has been revoked for the proper name of the industrial chemical to be treated as confidential business information.

4 February 2025

New assessment statements published - 4 February 2025

See the assessment statements we've published.

3 February 2025

Our new video recommends ways to help you search the Inventory

Our new video recommends the best ways to search the Inventory, what it could mean if you don’t find your chemical and what to do if you don’t get a result.

28 January 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory five years after issue of assessment certificate - 28 January, 2025

Six chemicals were added to the Inventory: CAS numbers 1197818-14-6; 2209052-54-8; 86830-15-1; 163069-69-0; 918887-41-9 and 1311393-70-0.

20 January 2025

Available now: download the latest Inventory snapshot – 3 January 2025

We took a snapshot of all the chemicals on the Inventory on 3 January 2025 and published it as a downloadable spreadsheet.

8 January 2025

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 8 January 2025

Acetonitrile, 2-(2,4,4-trimethylcyclopentylidene)- (CAS number 1392276-61-7) was added to the Inventory.

16 December 2024

Notice of completed evaluations - 16 December 2024

We have finalised 8 evaluations after public consultation - see details.

16 December 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory five years after issue of assessment certificate - 16 December 2024

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals because 5 years have passed since the assessment certificates were issued.

12 December 2024

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI - 12 December 2024

See details of the Inventory variation.

4 December 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 4 December 2024

An industrial chemical with the CAS number 947237-95-8 has been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.

28 November 2024

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 28 November 2024

Details about variations to the Inventory.

27 November 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 27 November 2024

Details of chemicals added to the Inventory

14 November 2024

New chemical assessment statement published - 14 November 2024

New assessment statement published for multiple chemicals.

30 October 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 30 October 2024

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals under section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act

18 October 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate – 18 October 2024

The following industrial chemical has been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.

8 October 2024

New chemical assessment statements published - 8 October 2024

List of new chemical assessment statements published.

8 October 2024

Commercial evaluation authorisations - 8 October 2024

A list of commercial evaluation authorisations issued by AICIS.

2 October 2024

Soap introducers: new online tool - do you need to register with AICIS?

A new self-guided decision tool for soap introducers regarding AICIS registration.

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24 September 2024

Listed introductions: improved guidance

We have revised the ‘Step 0: Introductions that are categorised as listed’ page of the online Categorisation Guide to make it clearer and easier to follow.

27 September 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate (early listing) - 27 September 2024

Industrial chemical added to the inventory after issue of an assessment certificate.

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