PRIO has been updated with 2024 data from the product register
PRIO has been updated with the 2024 reported data from the product register.
Keep one step ahead with PRIO
The PRIO tool helps you to find and replace substances that are hazardous for human health and the environment in your articles or chemical products. By replacing the use of particularly hazardous substances, you care about your employees, your customers, and the environment. Substitution of hazardous substances is an important step in the transition to a non-toxic circular economy.
The PRIO tool consists of:
- Criteria for phase-out substances and priority risk-reduction substances
- Database of substances that meets the PRIO's criteria
- Guides for substitution
In PRIO you will find substances that are banned as well as substances that are still allowed to be used. By phasing out the use of particularly hazardous substances you can keep one step ahead of the legislation and avoid substances that are about to be restricted or banned. It is good for both the economy and the environment.
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Search for hazardous substances
PRIO is an aid to identify and prioritise particularly hazardous substances for substitution. The tool is a hazard-based model that is based on criteria. The criteria refer to the inherent hazard properties of individual substances.
You can use PRIO regardless of whether you manufacture, import or purchase articles and chemical products. For example, PRIO provides easy access to information about
- if your substance meets PRIO's criteria
- substances included on the EU REACH candidate list
- substance information related to materials or chemical products
PRIO also provides tips on how to
- work with substitution to use less hazardous substances
- work with chemical-related requirements when purchasing / procuring
- access information, via link to the EU Chemicals Agency ECHA's tool EUCLEF, on what relevant legislation you may need to comply with.
More guidance for target groups
Anyone is, of course, welcome to use the PRIO tool, but for some target groups we have produced texts to provide some more guidance.