e-News - 8 December 2010

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ECHA is reminding companies that new rules on classification, labelling, packaging and notification of chemical substances came into force on 1 December 2010. For many substances, you need to notify the CLP classification to ECHA by 3 January 2011.

Press Releases

7/12/2010
A new version of the OECD eChemPortal is now online

A new version of the eChemPortal has been launched yesterday by OECD. It provides free public access to information on more than 600 000 records on chemical substances.
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3/12/2010
Sixteen Substances of Very High Concern closer to tighter control

The Member State Committee (MSC) agreed unanimously on the identification of eight Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) that will be added to the Candidate List and may thus become subject to authorisation. The Committee also gave a favourable opinion on ECHA's draft recommendation for adding eight new substances to the Authorisation List.
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News Alerts

07/12/2010
Webinar on successful classification and labelling notifications

ECHA will host on 14 December a webinar on classification and labelling (C&L) notifications. The webinar will be addressed to all companies with notification obligations and will focus on the main steps necessary to submit successful C&L notifications. The deadline for notifications is at midnight (GMT) on 3 January 2011.
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On the web

3/12/2010
ECHA calls for information to avoid unnecessary animal testing

3/12/2010
Traineeships in the European Chemicals Agency