News

EEA countries can soon notify to SCIP database

From 7 November, companies from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway can submit notifications to ECHA on their products containing substances of very high concern.

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REACH

Call for evidence: screening report on six sodium perborates

We are looking for relevant information on the uses in products (articles), and release potential from articles of six sodium perborates. As required by REACH Article 69(2), we are investigating whether the use of these substances in articles is adequately controlled, and if a restriction is needed.

The deadline for comments is 7 December 2022.

Give comments | Article 69(2) explained | Current calls for comments and evidence

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

Reports have been published for groups of:

Polyol amines; and
Ditriazine stilbenedisulfonic acid dyes (optical brighteners).

You can filter the list with the group name to get a full list of the substances within each group and access the reports.

Assessment of regulatory needs

Testing proposals

We have launched 34 new consultations on testing proposals. The deadline for comments is 12 December 2022.

There are currently 64 open consultations on testing proposals.

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CLP

New intentions and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

Four intentions have been received for:

acetophenone (EC 202-708-7, CAS 98-86-2);
eugenol (EC 202-589-1, CAS 97-53-0);
thymol (EC 201-944-8, CAS 89-83-8); and
l-p-mentha-1(6),8-dien-2-one (EC 229-352-5, CAS 6485-40-1).

Eight proposals have been submitted for:

tetra(sodium/potassium) 7-[(E)-{2-acetamido-4-[(E)-(4-{[4-chloro-6-({2-[(4-fluoro-6-{[4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl]amino}-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl)amino]propyl}amino)-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl]amino}-5-sulfonato-1-naphthyl)diazenyl]-5-methoxyphenyl}diazenyl]-1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonate; Reactive Brown 51 (EC 466-490-7, CAS -);
diammonium decaborate (EC 234-521-1, CAS 12007-89-5);
potassium metaborate (EC 237-262-2, CAS 13709-94-9);
potassium pentaborate (EC 234-371-7, CAS 11128-29-3);
dipotassium tetraborate (EC 215-575-5, CAS 1332-77-0);
dipotassium octaborate (EC 686-800-6, CAS 12008-39-8);
sodium metaborate, anhydrous (EC 231-891-6, CAS 7775-19-1); and
magnesium metaborate (EC 237-235-5, CAS 13703-82-7).

Registry of CLH intentions until outcome

European Commission

REACH Committee meeting in October

The next meeting of the REACH Committee will take place as a hybrid meeting 26-27 October 2022. The agenda is available on the Commission’s website.

Agenda