[1] The substances studied are high production volume (HPV) chemicals, which are manufactured or imported in quantities of more than 1000 tonnes per year for any single OECD market.
[4] The initial stage is the collection of existing information (either published or supplied by manufacturers) on the chemical.
If the existing information is insufficient to make an assessment of the risks, the chemical may be tested at this stage to collect more data.
Once the comments and discussion of the SIAM have been taken into account, the report is published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In this sense, SIDS are similar to European Union Risk Assessment Reports (RARs).