REACH Review Action 3

In 2018, the European Commission published the second REACH review. REACH Review Action 3 aims to improve the workability and quality of extended safety data sheets.

Industry sectors are encouraged to develop and use harmonised formats and IT tools that would provide more user-targeted information, simplify the preparation and use of extended safety data sheets and facilitate their electronic distribution.

The Commission will consider including minimum requirements for exposure scenarios for substances and mixtures in safety data sheets, and request ECHA to develop a methodology for safety data sheets of mixtures.

ECHA’s Management Board decided in December 2020 to pause most of ECHA’s work on supply chain communication. A paper by the Commission's Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP expert group (CARACAL March 2021) explaining the decision and its impact on the extended safety data sheet development is available below. Our industry stakeholders are now considering the next steps – ENES members have shown a clear interest in continuing the work with industry in the lead. ECHA’s work on chemical safety assessment and the Chesar platform will continue, as will our publication of sector use maps.