ECHA signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Medicines Agency

The memorandum sets out the working arrangements aiming to ensure coherence and consistency in the Agencies' scientific opinions through active information exchange.

News alert | Memorandum of Understanding

ECHA has published new translations into 23 EU languages

A new web section on how to improve your dossier is now available in 23 EU languages.

How to improve your dossier

Updated pages on helpdesks services are now available in 23 EU languages.

Helpdesks

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.

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Helsinki Chemicals Forum - last chance to register

22-23 May 2014, Helsinki, Finland

Registration for the forum closes on 16 May. There are still a few seats left so register now to get yours.

The Helsinki Chemicals Forum engages international authorities, industry leaders, NGOs, academics, the media and other interested parties in an open debate on topical themes related to chemical management and safety. This year's themes include promoting transatlantic trade, fracking, endocrine disrupting chemicals and emerging economy needs. For the first time, the HCF will also host facilitated workshops at the end of each day to summarise and discuss topics presented during the plenary.

The HCF follows ECHA's annual Stakeholders' Day conference in May. Read the blogs of this year's panel moderators to gain further insight into the topics of the day.

Programme | HCF Blog: Rob Visser | HCF Blog: Mamta Patel

Watch the Stakeholders' Day online

21 May

ECHA welcomes nearly 300 participants to Helsinki for the ninth annual Stakeholders' Day conference. If you are unable to join us in person, you can still watch the web-stream from the link below. You can also submit questions to the panel remotely using a dedicated web-form or through Twitter with the hashtag #Sday9. Only questions submitted after the conference has started, will be considered for the panel.

Watch the web-stream | Event page

ECHA webinar: Substance identity issues covered in the screening campaign – material available online

30 April 2014

ECHA organised a webinar to give registrants feedback about how to address substance identity issues that have been identified as an outcome of ECHA's IT screening campaign. The screening was done to find dossiers with potential substance identity issues, a source of concern as confirmed by the latest evaluation report. The first campaign focuses on straightforward issues and more complex cases may be covered later.

The webinar was by invitation only but the presentations and video recording are now publicly available on the ECHA website.

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