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e-News - 28 May 2014

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Guidance

ECHA publishes three Transitional Guidance documents concerning biocides

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published three Transitional Guidance documents for the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR):

  • Efficacy Assessment for Product Type 21 Antifouling Products
  • Efficacy Assessment for Preservatives
  • Mixture toxicity assessment for biocidal products for the environment

In addition, the biocides guidance webpages are updated to provide information on the Transitional Guidance documents and updated information on the new guidance structure.

News alert | Biocidal Products Regulation

ECHA next week

ECHA will be closed for public holiday on 29 May

RAC 29 meeting
2-6 June 2014

croatia

Registry of Intentions updated

CLH

One new intention for harmonised classification and labelling has been added to the Registry of Intentions. The new substance is: transfluthrin (EC 405-060-5).

Current CLH intentions

Board of Appeal's latest decision considers ECHA's use of languages in communicating with a registrant

Case A-002-2013 concerned an SME verification process and the subsequent revocation of a registration.

Board of Appeal's press release

Proceedings for the first Topical Scientific Workshop published

The proceedings for the first Topical Scientific Workshop of ECHA are now available. The workshop attracted over 100 experts from around the world and looked at the scientific principles for assessing risks to the sediment compartment in a regulatory context.

Event page | Proceedings

New ENES presentations published

The presentations from the Sixth ENES meeting (13-14 May 2014) have been published on ECHA's website. The Presentations focus on sector use maps, communicating exposure scenarios in the supply chain and mixtures.

Presentations

Cefic publishes ESCom

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published the ESCom Phrase Catalogue. This provides the standard phrases to be used in communicating the safe use of chemicals in exposure scenarios. The ESCom Phrase Catalogue can be downloaded in a Chesar compatible format.

Catalogue | eSDScom site

  Events

Ninth Stakeholders' Day – conference material available

The Ninth Stakeholders' Day took place on 21 May in Helsinki.

ECHA welcomed over 200 participants from nearly 40 countries for the ninth Stakeholder's Day on 21 May and a further 1 455 followed online. You can find the presentations and a video recording of the day on our event page.

If you attended the event either in person or through the web-stream, and would like to share your views about the event with us, you can give us your feedback through a short questionnaire.

Presentations | Watch the recording | Give your feedback

Webinar on Article 95 of the Biocidal Products Regulation

16 June, 11:00 - 13:00 Helsinki Time (EEST, GMT+3)

Article 95 of the Biocidal Products Regulation, which lists the active substances and product suppliers, is one of the last articles of the regulation but it is the starting point for companies to keep their biocidal products on the market. This webinar gives an overview of the status of the preliminary list published by ECHA, on the data requirements and evaluation principles for the submitted dossiers and on the regulatory aspects.

Register

 
Ongoing consultations
Testing
proposals
Start: 15 April 2014
Deadline: 30 May 2014

32 testing proposals

 

Start: 29 April 2014
Deadline: 13 June 2014
19 testing proposals

Start: 16 May 2014
Deadline: 30 June 2014
45 testing proposals

Identification of substances of very high concern

No ongoing consultations

Draft recommendation of substances for the Authorisation List

No ongoing consultations

Harmonised classification and labelling

Start: 29 April 2014
Deadline: 13 June 2014
2 CLH proposals

Start: 20 May 2014
Deadline: 4 July 2014
1 CLH proposal

Restrictions

Start: 17 December 2013
Deadline: 17 June 2014
1 restriction proposal

Start: 19 March 2014
Deadline: 19 September 2014
2 restriction proposals

Applications for authorisation

Start: 14 May 2014
Deadline: 9 July 2014
2 consultations

Biocides consultation

Start: 11 April 2014
Deadline: 10 June 2014
1 consultation

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