News

Is your company size declared correctly?

ECHA will soon verify the size of micro, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) that have registered substances between 2016 and 2019 under REACH and benefitted from reduced fees. Check that you declared your enterprise’s size correctly and have uploaded the documents in REACH-IT.

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REACH

Getting to know the EU chemicals legislation finder (EUCLEF)

4 March 2020, 11:00 - 13:00 Helsinki Time

EUCLEF will be launched in March. It is a new service from ECHA that puts 40 pieces of EU chemicals legislation at your fingertips, enabling you to find out how your substances are regulated in the EU and what legal obligations you have.

Join our webinar to get a sneak preview of how the finder works and ask questions from our experts.

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Workshop: Safe handling of NMP and the ECHA guideline for users of NMP

18 March 2020, Antwerp, Belgium

The online registration for the workshop on the NMP Guideline is now open. The event takes place on 18 March 2020 in Antwerp.

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Restriction of substances of concern in single-use nappies for children: recording available

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses) has announced its intention to propose a restriction of PAHs, furans, dioxins, PCBs and formaldehyde in single-use nappies for infants and children. This information session was intended to clarify the scope of Anses’ investigation and answer questions related to the call for evidence.

Presentations and recording

Webinar: Revised completeness check: what changes and how you can prepare

Did you miss our webinar on the revised completeness check? The presentations and recording are now available.

Presentations and recording

CLP

Consultation on harmonised classification and labelling

ECHA is looking for comments on the harmonised classification and labelling proposals for:

methyl N-(isopropoxycarbonyl)-L-valyl-(3RS)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-β-alaninate, valifenalate (EC -, CAS 283159-90-0);
triethylamine (EC 204-469-4, CAS 121-44-8); and
di-n-butylamine (EC 203-921-8; CAS 111-92-2).

The deadline for comments is 3 April 2020.

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Ad-hoc consultation on harmonised classification and labelling

The proposal for the harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of silanamine, 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)-, hydrolysis products with silica (EC 272-697-1, CAS 68909-20-6) was submitted by France and subject to a consultation, which ended on 3 May 2019. As, in the meantime, new studies have been made available, ECHA is looking for comments on the acute toxicity hazard class data through inhalation of the substance.

The deadline for comments is 17 February 2020.

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New intention to harmonise classification and labelling

A new intention has been received for resorcinol (EC 203-585-2, CAS 108-46-3).

Registry of CLH intentions

Board of Appeal

Substance evaluation decision annulled

Case A-008-2018 concerned a substance evaluation decision on zinc bis dimethyldithiocarbamate (Ziram) requesting a combined developmental neurotoxicity study (OECD TG 426) and neurotoxicity study (OECD TG 424). The request for information was based on concerns for developmental neurotoxicity and parkinsonian disorders.

The Board of Appeal first annulled the OECD TG 424 part of the combined study as ECHA had not presented sufficient evidence that exposure to Ziram may cause parkinsonian disorders. However, the Board of Appeal did not decide whether ECHA had established a concern for developmental neurotoxicity for the purposes of requesting the OECD TG 426 part of the combined study. This is because the Board of Appeal did not possess sufficient information to replace ECHA’s decision with its own decision, if necessary. The Board of Appeal therefore remitted the case to ECHA for further action.

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