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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/annex-VII/division-9",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1907",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907",
  "path": "annex/VII/division/9",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION",
  "text": "COLUMN 1 STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIRED\nCOLUMN 2 SPECIFIC RULES FOR ADAPTATION FROM COLUMN 1\n9.1.\nAquatic toxicity\n9.1.1.\nShort-term toxicity testing on invertebrates (preferred species Daphnia )\nThe registrant may consider long-term toxicity testing instead of short-term.\n9.1.1.\nThe study does not need to be conducted if:\nthere are mitigating factors indicating that aquatic toxicity is unlikely to occur for instance if the substance is highly insoluble in water or the substance is unlikely to cross biological membranes,\na long-term aquatic toxicity study on invertebrates is available, or\nadequate information for environmental classification and labelling is available.\nFor nanoforms, the study may not be waived on the basis of high insolubility in water alone.\nThe long-term aquatic toxicity study on Daphnia (Annex IX, section 9.1.5.) shall be considered if the substance is poorly water soluble, or for nanoforms if they have low dissolution rate in the relevant test media.\n9.1.2.\nGrowth inhibition study aquatic plants (algae preferred)\n9.1.2.\nThe study does not need to be conducted if there are mitigating factors indicating that aquatic toxicity is unlikely to occur for instance if the substance is highly insoluble in water or the substance is unlikely to cross biological membranes.\nFor nanoforms, the study may not be waived on the basis of high insolubility in water alone.\n9.2.\nDegradation\n9.2.1.\nBiotic\n9.2.1.1.\nReady biodegradability\n9.2.1.1.\nThe study does not need to be conducted if the substance is inorganic.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1881 of 3 December 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annexes I, III,VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII to address nanoforms of substances (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 396 of 30 December 2006)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/annex/VII/division/9",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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