Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS)

Background of AICIS

Australia established the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) in 1990, which is responsible for the registration and review of industrial chemicals in Australia, including the management of notification and registration of new chemical substances. In order to simplify the declaration process of industrial chemicals and make the regulatory work more proportionate to the risk, the Australian government officially announced the reform of the management of industrial chemicals in 2015. The new legislative regime, known as the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS), establishes a new framework for the regulation of manufactured and imported industrial chemicals. In July 2020, AICIS came into effect as Australia's new industrial chemicals management agency and system and replaced NICNAS.

About Us

Our company can help you successfully guide your new chemical substances to Australia.

To introduce a new industrial chemical into Australia, relevant enterprises need to register their business in advance and the chemicals being pre-imported or pre-manufactured need to be assessed by the authority for their level of risk to human health and the environment. Our company is committed to helping companies involved in the manufacture and import of chemicals and end users deal with the complexities of AICIS. Using our extensive regulatory industry knowledge and experience, we are able to tailor regulatory services according to your business needs and ultimately guide their chemical products into the Australian market through the new AICIS process.

Your Obligations Under AICIS

AICIS Regulatory Services

Our experts provide chemical manufacturers, suppliers, and users with a comprehensive assessment of chemical substances and customize notification strategies to ensure that notifications are submitted professionally and in accordance with AICIS requirements. We typically use techniques such as analogue substance data, waivers and computational modeling to determine strategies to avoid commissioning new studies whenever possible. Our services include, but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive consulting services on Australian regulations;
• Australian directory search service;
• Determination of the need for and nature of pre-manufacture, pre-import, or pre-market notification of chemicals;
• Assessment and analysis of hazards relevant to chemical introductions;
• Determination of chemical introduction categories (i.e. listing introductions, reported introductions, exempted introductions, assessed introductions, commercial evaluation introductions, exceptional circumstances introductions);
• Notification strategy development;
• Australian substance notification services;
• Testing program development, implementation, and stewardship;
• Development and defense of waiver requests and surrogate data;
• Preparation of notification dossiers;
• Annual declaration preparation;
• Australian regulatory training services.

Our Advantages

• We have a team of senior technical staff with academic backgrounds in biology, pharmacology, analytical chemistry, chemical engineering, environment, etc.
• Our team of experts has extensive chemical compliance expertise and industry knowledge, which allows us to help companies anticipate any compliance challenges and develop timely and cost-effective regulatory strategies.
• We only focus on chemical regulatory services and keep sensitive information such as production formulas strictly confidential.

If you need help or have a question, please feel free to contact us for more details.