25 May 2012

Late pre-registration of substances to be registered in 2013 closing soon

To benefit from the extended deadlines for registering phase-in substances under the REACH Regulation, registrants have to pre-register their phase-in substances. The latest opportunity to late pre-register phase-in substances due to be registered by the 2013 registration deadline is 31 May 2012.

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25 May 2012 Further updated Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment for nanomaterials

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published three new appendices, updating Chapters R.8, R.10 and R.14 of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment (IR & CSA). These appendices focus on Chemical Safety Assessment and provide further recommendations for registering nanomaterials.
22 May 2012 ECHA publishes an illustrative chemical safety report

The new publication gives tips and advice to registrants on how to avoid common deficiencies and improve the quality of submitted information.
15 May 2012 Chesar support temporarily suspended until new version is released

The ECHA Helpdesk will temporarily suspend Chesar support from the day of the "Live demonstration of Chesar 2.0" webinar on 21 May 2012 until the release of Chesar 2.0 scheduled for the end of June 2012.
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Press Releases

23 May 2012Registration, evaluation and authorisation discussed at ECHA's Stakeholders' Day

The Agency's Seventh Stakeholders' Day took place on 23 May in Helsinki. The event was attended by over 300 participants and a further 350 followed the event online via web streaming. The presentations and a video recording of the event are now available.

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14 May 2012ECHA launches a new public consultation on proposals for harmonised classification and labelling for four pesticides and a fire-preventing agent

ECHA invites the parties concerned to comment on five new proposals for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH): Isoxaflutole, Tembotrione, Metosulam, Potassium sorbate and Tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-m-phenylene biphosphate. The public consultation will be open for 45 days and will end on 28 June 2012. The CLH reports and the dedicated webform to post the comments are available on the ECHA website.
07 May 2012ECHA launches a 12-week public consultation on a draft scientific review report on phthalates DINP and DIDP

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), at the request of the European Commission, has reviewed the scientific evidence on the risks posed by articles containing the phthalates DINP and DIDP.
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Public Consultations

Testing proposals: Deadline: 01/06/2012 5 testing proposals; Deadline: 14/06/2012 1 testing proposal; Deadline: 02/07/2012 11 testing proposals

Harmonised classification and labelling: Deadline: 01/06/2012 2 substances; Deadline: 28/06/2012 5 substances

Identification of Substances of Very High Concern: There are currently no ongoing consultations

Draft Recommendation of substances for the Authorisation List: There are currently no ongoing consultations

Restrictions: Deadline: 31/07/2012 1 consultation on draft review reports; Deadline: 16/09/2012 1 restriction proposal

Webinars

23 April 2012Downstream user
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11 June 2012SMEs and REACH

21 May 2012Live demonstration of Chesar 2.0

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Forthcoming Events

23 May 2012
ECHA's Seventh Stakeholders' Day

ECHA will organise its Seventh Stakeholders' Day on 23 May 2012.

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11 June 2012
Meeting of experts: cymoxanil

ECHA calls for a meeting of experts to discuss reproductive and repeated dose toxicity of cymoxanil. Registration until 1 May.
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