EU Commission: Last call for companies to register chemicals
The European Commission reminds companies that they must register the most widely used or most dangerous chemicals by the deadline of 30 November this year, less than 12 weeks from now. Registration is one of the milestones of REACH, the EU Regulation on chemicals and their safe use. Companies are also reminded that they must notify the Classification and Labelling of their chemicals to European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) by 3 January next year. So far about 4,000 REACH registration dossiers and 180,000 CLP notifications have been submitted to ECHA.
EU Commission's Press Release
ECHA and EU-OSHA support trade unions' campaign on the REACH and CLP deadlines
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Chemical Workers' Federation (EMCEF) alert their members to act as REACH and CLP ambassadors in companies. ETUC and EMCEF are convinced of the importance of the new chemical laws – REACH and Classification, Labelling & Packaging (CLP) – this is the reason why they are calling on their member organizations to alert employers to their responsibilities through a new campaign.
ETUC Press Release
Campaign on EMCEF webpage
Campaign's press material on ECHA's website
Press Releases
13/09/2010
ECHA invites companies to get ready and notify in time
ECHA launches awareness campaign on CLP. The EU Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) places new legal obligations on chemical companies operating in the EU market. By 1 December 2010, they are required to classify and label their hazardous substances according to the CLP rules. There is also a video on which Kevin Pollard, Head of Unit for Registration and Dossier Submission talks about how to submit classification and labelling notifications to ECHA.
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Video with translated subheadings in 22 EU languages has also been published on You Tube.
Video interview on You Tube
News Alerts
13/09/2010
How to keep IUPAC names confidential in the Classification and Labelling Inventory
Instructions are now available as announced in the News Alert on 13 August to assist companies in keeping the IUPAC name of substances confidential in classification and labelling notifications (C&L).
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09/09/2010
RAC adopts an opinion to classify a flame retardant as carcinogen
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) agreed1 with the proposal from Ireland to harmonise the classification of TDCP (Tris[2-chloro-1-(chloromethyl)ethyl] phosphate) across Europe as a carcinogen. This substance has currently no harmonised classification at EU level.
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On the web
13/09/2010
ECHA's fifth Stakeholders' Day Agenda updated
On 4 October ECHA welcomes stakeholders to Helsinki to discuss the upcoming registration and classification and labelling deadlines. The latest version of the agenda has been published on the ECHA website. For stakeholders interested in participating to the event, the registration form will be online until 24 September but the submission of questions for one-to-one sessions with ECHA staff will no longer be possible after 19 September. A separate registration form for participating in two group training sessions taking part in the afternoon will also be made available for registrants shortly.
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13/09/2010
ECHA has updated the web site's News Section
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10/09/2010
Minutes of the Member State Committee (09-10 June 2010) are now available
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