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21 March 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 21 March 2025

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (Inventory) in accordance with section 82 of the Indus

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28 February 2025

Our 2025 Categorisation Guidelines consultation is complete

Thank you for your feedback to our public consultation on changes to the AICIS Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines for 2025. Our summary of the consultation outcome includes feedback we received and our responses.

25 February 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 25 February 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificates.

24 February 2025

Have your say by 8 April 2025: information requirements for ‘designated fluorinated chemical’ assessments

We are seeking feedback on the clarity of the information requirements that will be added to the form for an AICIS assessment certificate application for a chemical that is a ‘designated fluorinated chemical’.

21 February 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 21 February 2025

Details of a variation made to an Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval.

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18 February 2025

Correction of chemical names - 18 February 2025

Details of updates to the names of chemicals on the Inventory to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) name.

5 February 2025

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 5 February

AICIS's Executive Director has varied the terms of an Inventory listing because approval has been revoked for the proper name of the industrial chemical to be treated as confidential business information.

4 February 2025

New assessment statements published - 4 February 2025

See the assessment statements we've published.

3 February 2025

Our new video recommends ways to help you search the Inventory

Our new video recommends the best ways to search the Inventory, what it could mean if you don’t find your chemical and what to do if you don’t get a result.

28 January 2025

Chemicals added to the Inventory five years after issue of assessment certificate - 28 January, 2025

Six chemicals were added to the Inventory: CAS numbers 1197818-14-6; 2209052-54-8; 86830-15-1; 163069-69-0; 918887-41-9 and 1311393-70-0.

20 January 2025

Available now: download the latest Inventory snapshot – 3 January 2025

We took a snapshot of all the chemicals on the Inventory on 3 January 2025 and published it as a downloadable spreadsheet.

8 January 2025

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 8 January 2025

Acetonitrile, 2-(2,4,4-trimethylcyclopentylidene)- (CAS number 1392276-61-7) was added to the Inventory.

16 December 2024

Notice of completed evaluations - 16 December 2024

We have finalised 8 evaluations after public consultation - see details.

16 December 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory five years after issue of assessment certificate - 16 December 2024

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals because 5 years have passed since the assessment certificates were issued.

12 December 2024

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI - 12 December 2024

See details of the Inventory variation.

4 December 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate - 4 December 2024

An industrial chemical with the CAS number 947237-95-8 has been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.

28 November 2024

Variation of Inventory listing following revocation of CBI approval - 28 November 2024

Details about variations to the Inventory.

27 November 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 27 November 2024

Details of chemicals added to the Inventory

14 November 2024

New chemical assessment statement published - 14 November 2024

New assessment statement published for multiple chemicals.

30 October 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory 5 years after issue of assessment certificate - 30 October 2024

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals under section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act

18 October 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate – 18 October 2024

The following industrial chemical has been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.

8 October 2024

New chemical assessment statements published - 8 October 2024

List of new chemical assessment statements published.

8 October 2024

Commercial evaluation authorisations - 8 October 2024

A list of commercial evaluation authorisations issued by AICIS.

3 October 2024

Have your say! Draft evaluations open for public comment until 29 November 2024

Have your say about our draft evaluations.

2 October 2024

Soap introducers: new online tool - do you need to register with AICIS?

A new self-guided decision tool for soap introducers regarding AICIS registration.

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24 September 2024

Listed introductions: improved guidance

We have revised the ‘Step 0: Introductions that are categorised as listed’ page of the online Categorisation Guide to make it clearer and easier to follow.

24 September 2024

Update to AICIS categorisation guidelines and guidance – 24 September 2024

We have revised our online categorisation guide to reflect the latest version of the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines (version 3).

27 September 2024

Chemical added to the Inventory following issue of assessment certificate (early listing) - 27 September 2024

Industrial chemical added to the inventory after issue of an assessment certificate.

25 September 2024

Chemicals added to the Inventory five years after issue of assessment certificate - 25 September 2024

The following industrial chemicals have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals in accordance with section 82 of the Industrial

18 September 2024

Do you need to submit a post-introduction declaration (PID) for 2023-24?

You must submit a PID for 2023-24 if you introduced a chemical for the first time between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024 under certain exempted categories.

27 August 2024

Version 3 of the AICIS Categorisation Guidelines will be published on 24 September 2024

A new version of the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines will be published on 24 September 2024. The guidelines set out the technical details and requirements that introducers need to categorise industrial chemical introductions in Australia.

23 August 2024

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