5/08/2011

 A new version of ECHA's chemical safety and report tool Chesar is now available

Chesar is designed to help companies carry out their Chemical Safety Assessments (CSA) and preparing their Chemical Safety Reports (CSR). The tool developed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is a plug-in to IUCLID 5. Chesar version 1.2 can now be downloaded from the Chesar website.

Chesar 1.2 enables the users to generate the exposure scenarios for communication to downstream users. These exposure scenarios can then be annexed to the extended Safety Data Sheet.

Chesar also enables the registrant to create a full Chemical Safety Report (CSR), once the hazard assessment and (if required) the exposure assessment are finalised. The CSR is created in a text format as well as in an exchangeable database format (XML Docbook format).

As with previous versions, Chesar 1.2 can be installed on IUCLID 5.3. The new Chesar 1.2 installation packages (for standalone and distributed versions) are available on the Chesar website. Detailed installation manuals are also available on the Chesar download page.

Please note that together with the possibility to generate exposure scenarios for communication, other new features have been added to Chesar 1.2 (for more details, consult the Chesar 1.2 release notes).

The Agency welcomes any feedback you may have on the Chesar software and will take this into consideration in the development of future versions of Chesar.

Download Chesar 1.2

UPDATE 23/05/2011

A new version of ECHA's Chemical safety and reporting tool CHESAR 1.1.3, compatible with IUCLID 5.3.0, is now available for users of Chesar 1.1.2

09/11/2010

A new release of ECHA's Chemical safety assessment and reporting tool Chesar 1.1.2 is now available

11/08/2010

New Release of ECHA's Chemical safety and reporting tool Chesar 1.1.1 can now be used also with the distributed version of IUCLID 5.2

07/07/2010

New release ECHA's Chemical safety and reporting tool Chesar 1.1 is now compatible also with IUCLID 5.2.1

Chesar is a plug-in to IUCLID developed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) which aims to help companies carry out their Chemical Safety Assessments (CSA) and prepare their Chemical Safety Reports (CSR).

Chesar provides the structured workflow for carrying out a standard safety assessment for the different uses of a substance. At the same time, the tool is flexible enough to also accommodate assessments in more specific situations. The tool also helps to structure the information needed for the exposure assessment and risk characterisation which will facilitate the generation and updating of a transparent CSR.

ECHA is currently working on development of Chesar 2. If you want to have more information on the project, please send an email to with the following subject "subscribe to Chesar network".