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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organisation in which representatives of 29 industrialised countries in North America, Europe and the Pacific, as well as the European Commission, meet to co-ordinate and harmonize policies, discuss issues of mutual concern, and work together to respond to international problems. Most of the OECD’s work is carried out by more than 200 specialised Committees and subsidiary groups composed of Member country delegates. Observers from several countries with special status at the OECD, and from interested international organisations, attend many of the OECD’s Workshops and other meetings. Committees and subsidiary groups are served by the OECD Secretariat, located in Paris, France, which is organised into Directorates and Divisions.

The work of the OECD related to chemical safety is carried out in the Environmental Health and Safety Division. The Environmental Health and Safety Division publishes free-of charge documents in six different series: Testing and Assessment; Principles on Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring; Pesticides; Risk Management; Chemical Accidents and Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology. More information about the Environmental Health and Safety Programme and EHS publications is available on OECD’s Web Site.

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