Towards a European chemicals information system: A survey

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on reported monitoring activities of chemicals in Europe

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Contents

Acknowledgements.4

Summary.5

1 Introduction.6

1.1 General .6

1.2 Research approaches.6

2 Objectives8

2.1 General objectives.8

2.2 Specific objectives.8

2.3 Framework.8

3 Information search approaches9

3.1 General — first phase 9

3.2 Specific approaches — second phase9

3.3 Coverage — third phase.10

4 Information obtained.11

4.1 General.11

4.2 Current monitoring networks11

4.3 Overview of the information obtained11

4.4 Analysis of the information obtained12

5 Description of the database22

5.1 Database and data model22

5.2 User Interface23

6 Discussion26

6.1 General.26

6.2 Outlook towards application within a chemicals information system.26

6.3 Outlook towards optimised (cross-boundary) monitoring strategies.28

7 Summarising conclusions.30

8 Recommendations31

References33

Appendix I — Questionnaire34

Appendix II — Overview of the status of monitoring activities identified on behalf of EEA at the

start of the project38

Appendix III — Overview of the frameworks under which monitoring activities are currently carried

out in the EEA member countries46

Appendix IV — Overview of the ongoing frameworks within each of the 32 countries that were part

of this study50

Appendix V — Overview of the number of activities, the number of monitoring stations/locations

and the number of substances.56

Appendix VI — Graphical overview of the data model.59

Appendix VII — Table definition describing all tables and fields in the database.60

Naming conventions64