ECHA Weekly - 20 December 2023

ECHA

Secure your seat at our Shaping Tomorrow Conference

Register now to secure your in-person participation at our free-of-charge Shaping Tomorrow Conference on 28 February 2024 in Helsinki. Demand is high and our room is filling up quickly.

You are also welcome to join us online and engage with us virtually. The discussions will focus on collaboration, science and innovation, and creating tomorrow’s knowledge through data.

Don’t miss insights from leading experts including:

• Martin Hojsík, Vice-President – European Parliament;
• Kristin Schreiber, Director for Chemicals, Food and Retail – European Commission; and
• Juliette Legler, Professor of Toxicology – Utrecht University.

ECHA closed at the end of the year

We wish you all a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyful New Year.

The Agency will be closed from 23 December 2023 until 2 January 2024 inclusive.

IT tools for submitting information will remain open. Enquiries submitted to our helpdesk through the contact forms are registered but will not be processed from 22 December (12:00 Helsinki time) to 3 January.

The first Weekly bulletin in 2024 will be published on 10 January.

Member State Committee meeting minutes published

Our Member State Committee met on 13-14 December 2023. You can now find the meeting minutes online.

REACH

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

Reports for the following substance groups are now available on our website:

• Aliphatic esters from branched carboxylic acids
• Esters from linear and branched carboxylic acid and neopentylglycol
• Esters from linear and branched carboxylic acid and dipentaerythritol
• Reaction products of fatty acids and triethanolamine (quaternized amine)
• Cycloalkanes

If you have questions or feedback related to the assessment work, you can send them to us using this webform.

CLP

New intention and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

One intention has been received for:

• strontium neodecanoate [1]; strontium di(acetate) [2]; strontium tartrate [3]; strontium oxalate [4]; strontium chloride [5]; strontium nitrate [6]; strontium fluoride [7]; strontium sulphate [8]; strontium carbonate [9]; strontium hydrogen phosphate [10]; strontium hydroxide [11]; strontium bis{5-[bis(carboxymethyl)amino]-3-(carboxymethyl)-4-cyanothiophene-2-carboxylate} [12] (EC 208-854-8 [2]; 212-774-9 [3]; 212-415-6 [4]; 233-971-6 [5]; 233-131-9 [6]; 232-000-3 [7]; 231-850-2 [8]; 216-643-7 [9]; 236-615-8 [10]; 242-367-1 [11], CAS 106705-37-7 [1]; 543-94-2 [2]; 868-19-9 [3]; 814-95-9 [4]; 10476-85-4 [5]; 10042-76-9 [6]; 7783-48-4 [7]; 7759-02-6 [8]; 1633-05-2 [9]; 13450-99-2 [10]; 18480-07-4 [11]; 135459-87-9 [12]).

Two proposals have been submitted for:

• synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide (nano) (EC 231-545-4, CAS 7631-86-9);
• flonicamid (ISO); N-(cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-3-carboxamide (EC 605-127-0, CAS 158062-67-0).

Guidance

Updated guidance for substance identification 

We have updated our guidance for identification and naming of substances under REACH and CLP to help companies meet their legal obligations. The key changes relate to the updated information requirements of REACH annexes. Companies are recommended to pay attention to correct and unambiguous substance identification as it is essential for ensuring efficient regulation.

Occupational exposure limits

Consultation on Bisphenol A

We are looking for comments on the scientific report for occupational exposure limits on 4,4-Isopropylidenediphenol (Bisphenol A).

Have your say until 19 February 2024.