Division of Chemicals Register is a structural unit of the Informtaion Department of the Latvian Environment Agency, which is subordinated to the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Latvia. The Division established in January, 2000.

The Division has to:

• establish, hold and update the registers of chemical substances and chemical products according to the EU requirements;

• partake in the process of origination of legislative acts and technical documentation referable to the handling and accounting of chemical substances and chemical products;

• stimulate awareness of the society about wholesome and environmentally friendly and safe use of chemical substances and chemical products;

• manage proper actions, in the frames of the Division's competence, set up by the national programmes and the international agreements, which covers a field of chemical substances and chemical products.

To be aware of a flow of new chemical substances and biocides and abate risk of the last posed to the environment and humans, one of the EU standards is registration of new chemical substances and authorization of the biocidal products. Latvian Environment Agency is a competent authority to whom to submit notifications of new chemical substances and to whom to apply for the authorization of the biocidal products.