MoEUCC Publishes Chemical Data System KIMVES

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Turkey has developed a new website to search for information regarding the inventory of chemicals called Chemicals Data System (KIMVES). While the system resembles the substance search features of ECHA’s website, only the data regarding CLP notification is currently available.

Users can search substances by name, CAS number or EC number and view the notified classification and labeling information provided by the manufacturers or importers of the substance. Information such as how many companies have notified in a specific classification or non-classification group, and how many different categories of companies have notified for the specific substance is available on the system.

It has been a question in the previous years whether the Ministry would publish any information regarding the notifications and registrations under KKDIK and CLP regulations like ECHA does, and this website seems to be the answer to such questions. Although currently, only CLP notification information is available, there hasn’t been any mention in the announcement about what other data might be published in this system and if it’s only limited to CLP notification or not.

The system is only accessible from Turkey, however, it is expected to be accessible worldwide shortly. You can check the website out yourself from the link here: https://kimves.cevre.gov.tr/KIMVES