European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS)
Two Commission communications, the first on the publication of ELINCS, the second pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Decision 85/71/EEC concerning the list of chemical substances notified pursuant to Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (ELINCS), state that such a list has been established and is published in the Official Journal, annexed to the communications. The list supplements the Joint Research Centre's European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances (EINECS) published on 15 June 1990 (OJ No C 146 A, of 15.6.1990) and contains all chemical substances notified in the European Communities from 18.9.1981 up to 30.6. 1990 in accordance with Article six of Directive 67/548/EEC as amended by Directive 79/831/EEC (OJ No L 259 of 15.10.1979).