ANNEX 2. ABBREVIATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES AND LEGISLATION
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists
ACTS HSE Advisory Committee on Toxic
Substances (GBR)
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
and Air-Conditioning Engineers (USA)
BCR Bureau Communautaire de
RJ fJ rence (Bruxelles)
BIBRA British Industrial Biological Research
Association
CCFA Codex Committee on Food Additives
CCPR Codex Committee on Pesticide
Residues
CDC Cancer Detection Centre
CEC Commission of the European
Communities
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (USA)
CHIP Classification, Hazard Information
and Packaging (GBR)
COC Committee on Carcinogenicity
(GBR)
COM Committee on Mutagenicity
(GBR)
COPR Control of Pesticides Regulations
(GBR)
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health Regulations (GBR)
COT Committee on Toxicity
(GBR)
CPL Classification, Packaging
and Labelling
CSM Committee on Safety of
Medicines (GBR)
EC European Community,
European Commission
EEC European Economic Community
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EINECS European Inventory of Existing Chemical
Substances
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection
Agency (USA), same as USEPA
FAC MAFF Foods Advisory Committee
(GBR)
FAO Food and Agricultural
Organization
FDA Food and Drug Administration
(USA)
FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact
(USA)
FSC Food Safety Council, Washington
DC (USA)
GEMS Global Environmental Monitoring
System
HSC Health and Safety Commission
(GBR)
HSE Health and Safety Executive
(GBR)
IAEA International Atomic Energy
Agency
IARC International Agency for Research
on Cancer
ICRP International Commission on
Radiological Protection
ICSU International Council of Scientific
Unions
IFCC International Federation of
Clinical Chemists
ILO International Labour Office
IPCS International Programme on
Chemical Safety
IRIS Integrated Risk Information
System (USA)
IRPTC International Register of Potentially
Toxic Chemicals
ISO International Organization
for Standardization
IUTOX International Union for Toxicology
JECFA Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
Food Additives
JMPR Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide
Residues
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food (GBR)
MARC Monitoring and Risk Assessment
Centre (GBR)
NBS National Bureau of Standards
(USA), now NIST
NIH National Institutes of
Health (USA)
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational
Safety & Health (USA)
NIST National Institute of Standards
and Technology (USA), formerly NBS
NRC National Research Council
(USA)
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
OMS Organisation Mondiale
de la Sant�, same as WHO
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (USA and/or GBR)
PSPS Pesticides Safety Precautions
Scheme (GBR)
RSC The Royal Society of Chemistry
(GBR)
RCRA Resource Concentration and
Recovery Act (USA)
SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems
of the Environment (ICSU)
UNEP United Nations Environment
Programme
USEPA United States Environmental Protection
Agency, same as EPA
USNRC US National Research Council
WHO World Health Organization,
same as OMS
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