Evaluation of Specific Environmental Release Category fact sheets and their background documents

The report reviews a set of Specific Environmental Release Category (SPERC) Fact Sheets and their background documents by applying the newly adopted Quality Criteria Template tool. SPERCs have been developed by several industry sector organisations during the past decade. The purpose of SPERCs is to give more realistic sector specific information on operational conditions and risk management methods related to environmental emissions in comparison to the default worst-case environmental release factors. SPERCs are available on the European Chemicals Agency's website and/or on the sector organisation websites. The Quality Criteria Template tool was developed by the SPERC Task Force under the Exchange Network on Exposure Scenarios (ENES) working programme 2020 which aims to improve the exchange of information up and down the supply chain under the REACH regulation (EC) 1907/2006.