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The Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993
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- 1993 No. 3050
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- Regulation 16
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Risk assessments
16.—(1) In the case of substances notified under regulation 4 or 6(1) or (2), the competent authority shall carry out an assessment of the real and potential risks created by the substance to human health and the environment in accordance with the general principles referred to inArticle 3(2) of the Directive and that assessment shall include recommendations—
(a)on the most appropriate method for testing the substance; and
(b)where appropriate, on measures which will enable the risks to human health and the environment in relation to the placing on the market of the substance to be lessened.
(2) The assessment made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be reviewed in the light of any additional information becoming available to the competent authority, in particular any information provided in accordance with regulation 5, 6(8) or (9), 9 or 10.
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