EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ECOTOXICOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY OF CHEMICALS

The proposed preamble has added wording in several places indicating that classification decisions will be consensus-based (see page 2, line 4 and page 6, line 23). If this is a real change from the current voting-based procedure, how will consensus be achieved? Can one dissenter prevent a change in the classification? In summary, the preamble should clarify and specify the meaning and process of deciding classifications based on consensus.

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