News

Glyphosate: EU regulators begin review of renewal assessments

ECHA and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have received a draft assessment of glyphosate carried out by four EU Member States and will now begin to consider the findings. Glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide in the world – is currently authorised for use in the EU until December 2022.

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Committees

Highlights from June RAC and SEAC meetings

The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) adopted its opinion supporting Germany’s proposal to restrict PFHxA, its salts and related substances.

A consultation on the draft opinion of the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) on the same group of chemicals will start in early July.

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REACH

Court confirms identification of phenanthrene as very persistent and very bioaccumulative

On 10 June 2021, the General Court dismissed in its entirety an action brought against ECHA’s decision to include phenanthrene in the Candidate List. The substance meets the criteria for being identified as very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) and is, therefore, a substance of very high concern. The Court found that the applicant failed to demonstrate any legal or scientific error by ECHA rendering the identification as unlawful.

Judgment in case T-177/19

Persistent organic pollutants

New questions and answers on POPs

We have published new questions and answers on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). There are generic questions relating to the POPs Regulation and also specific ones on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

Q&As | Understanding POPs

IT tools

Shape the future of EUCLEF

We have launched a survey to hear your views on the EU Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF). The survey is part of a strategic assessment that will look at the achievements of EUCLEF’s objectives, potential for increasing the number of laws covered by the finder and its future development.

EUCLEF is funded by the EU Programme for Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME). We welcome your feedback!

Survey

OECD’s new report on the customisation of IUCLID published

The report looks at what IUCLID offers to regulatory bodies and companies as a key application to record, store, maintain and exchange data on chemicals.

As IUCLID is used in many countries and for various regulations, it needs to be customisable and configurable to facilitate the management of chemical data across different contexts.

A IUCLID Customisation Forum is now also available for developers.

IUCLID is developed in close cooperation between ECHA and the OECD.

OECD’s IUCLID web pages | ECHA’s IUCLID 6 site