Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD

This chapter describes how the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) mutual acceptance of data (MAD) system plays an important role in the testing and registration of chemical products. OECD member countries and other states adhering to the system mutually recognize the outcomes of safety tests of chemicals conducted by a participating country. Standardized guidelines and principles are followed during such tests. Representatives from science, government, industry, civil society, and intergovernmental organizations are involved in the development of such guidelines and principles. The mutual recognition of test data has important advantages: enhanced protection of the environment and public health, increased cost efficiency, minimized non-tariff trade barriers, and the sharing of an increasing burden. Potential drawbacks are the lengthy process of obtaining consensus and the politicization of the system. Globalization has magnified the merits and drawbacks of the system.

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  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Visser, Rob
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 569-594
• Monograph Title: A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy. National Government Interventions in a Global Area

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemicals; Data collection; Development; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Globalization; Guidelines; Politics
• Identifier Terms: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01031935
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1884376 913 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 2006 7:49AM