Business operators and competent authorities of the Member States are required by various Union legal acts to submit data and information to a multitude of Union agencies, as well as to the Commission in specific cases. This generates a fragmentation of data and information on chemicals, which are held under various data sharing and use conditions as well as in different formats. Such fragmentation prevents public authorities, as well as the public, from having a clear overview of what information is available on individual chemicals or groups of chemicals, of where and how information can be accessed and whether it can be used. This increases the likelihood of inconsistency between various assessments of the same chemical required by various Union legal acts on chemicals, and of damaging the public’s trust in the scientific grounds for Union decisions on chemicals. In order to ensure that data on chemicals are easily findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable, the ECHA should establish the common data platform. The common data platform should serve as a single point of reference and as a broadened and shared evidence base to enable the efficient delivery of consistent hazard and risk assessments of chemicals across various Union legal acts on chemicals, as well as to enable the timely identification of emerging chemical risks and the drivers and impact of chemical pollution. Authorities should take the necessary measures to protect the confidentiality of data, including, where relevant, by means of physical and cybersecurity measures.
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