Table 1 Analysis of policy documents following the READ approach [17]
Step 1: Readying the material | Step 2: Extraction of the data | Steps 3: Analysis of the data | Step 4: Distilling the findings |
|---|---|---|---|
• Title VII of the REACH Regulation (EC No 1907/2006) • Annex XVI of the REACH Regulation (EC No 1907/2006) | • Legal obligations related to applications for authorisation for companies and the European Commission | • Legal requirements for a company to apply for authorisation; • Legal requirements for the European Commission to grant (or refuse) an authorisation | • To determine whether the European Commission could grant (or refuse) an authorisation based on the essentiality of the use applied for; • To determine what information companies are obliged to provide |
• ECHA guidance on the preparation of an application for authorisation • ECHA guidance on the preparation of a socio-economic analysis as part of an application for authorization | • Technical function provided by the substance in the use applied for; • Necessity of the technical function for health, safety and functioning of society; • Availability of safer alternatives | • To determine if the information provided in an application for authorisation is sufficient to answer to the three key elements listed by Cousins et al. [20] | • To determine if the information asked for as part of an application for authorisation is sufficient and relevant to conclude on the essentiality of the use applied for |