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Consist stent nt wi with Pre revious us Ad Advice ce from rom the SA SAB
One iss issue ue th that th the SAB AB noted ed in in th the con context xt of
its pr previou ious recomm commenda ndati tion
salts is is th the role
he Che hemical mical Abst Abstracts cts Ser Service ice (CAS) AS) Regis egistr try Numb umber ers indica indicated ed in in th the sc sched edul ules es of
- f chemicals
- hemicals. The
The SAB AB has has come come to to th the vie view th that, at, while while the the CAS AS Reg egistr istry Number mbers ar are a usef useful aid aid to to ide identifica tificatio tion, th they were ere int intended ended as as spec pecif ific ic id identifi entifier ers of
sche hedul uled ed ch chem emicals
There ap appear pears to to be be a questio uestion am among Stat tates es Partie ties ab abou
hether er the hese se nu numbe bers rs ha have a reg regulat lator
alue
The SAB AB wo would uld lik ike to to cau aution tion again against st suc such a view, bec ecau ause se th there ere is is no not nec eces essar sarily ily a one-to to-on
relationship ip be betw twee een CAS CAS Registr egistry Num Number bers an and che hemical ical structures
While th these ese num umber bers ar are us usef eful ul in in the the ide identifica tificatio tion of
emical com
pounds, this this us usef efuln ulnes ess sh shou
ld not lea lead to to th the assum ssumpt ptio ion that hat th they shou hould ld ha have any reg egulat latory po power er with ithin in the the con
xt of
th the Convention
At the he same same ti time, me, it it coul could be be hel elpf pful ul if if th the OPC PCW Declara Declaration tion Handboo dbook were re to to pr provide vide ref refere erence ces to to th the var arious ious CAS AS number numbers th that at ar are relat related ed to to an an entr entry in in th the sche hedul ules es (f (for
ample, for
differe erent isomer isomers of
sche hedu duled led chemi emica cal and nd for mixt xtur ures cont ntainin ining a sche hedu dule led chemi mica cal) l).
RC RC-2/DG DG.1, dated 28 28 Fe February 2008 2008, in in paragraph 3.5 of
Declaration ations Handbook
ferences s and e examples as s suggested
