EC EC number

(a limit field)

200-543-5 in ec

200-8* in ec

403-640-2 in ec

This is one of the fields contained within the Substance Identifiers and Basic Chemistry superfield (ZID) which itself is associated with the Substance Identifiers and Basic Chemistry message field (ID).

A unique number assigned by the European Commission to each and every record in either the EINECS (European inventory of existing commercial chemical substances) or ELINCS (European list of notified chemical substances) inventories. These numbers are always in the form XXX-XXX-X where X is any digit. The last digit is a check digit. Include the hyphens in searches. Occasionally, additional explanatory text will appear after the number.

For EINECS, the numbers range from 200-001-8 to 310-193-6. For ELINCS, the numbers start at 400-010-9.