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ECHA launches a new public consultation on proposals for harmonised classification and labelling for four pesticides and a fire-preventing agent
05-18-2012
ECHA invites the parties concerned to comment on five new proposals for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH): Isoxaflutole, Tembotrione, Metosulam, Potassium sorbate and Tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-m-phenylene biphosphate. The public consultation will be open for 45 days and will ...
ECHA launches a 12-week public consultation on a draft scientific review report on phthalates DINP and DIDP
05-09-2012
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), at the request of the European Commission, has reviewed the scientific evidence on the risks posed by articles containing the phthalates DINP and DIDP.Based on an existing restriction, these phthalates cannot be used in toys and childcare articles which ...
Oxea awarded ISO 50001 energy management certification
03-22-2012
Oxea, the international chemical company, announced that it is one of the first in its sector to have received certification from KPMG Cert for its energy management system in accordance with the new international standard ISO 50001. Oxea's energy management system helps the company to ...
ECHA launches a six-month public consultation on the proposed restriction of chromium VI in leather articles
03-20-2012
The Danish authorities submitted a report proposing a restriction on the placing on the market of leather articles containing chromium VI in concentrations above a certain limit that come into direct and prolonged or repetitive contact with the skin. Chromium VI is known to cause severe ...
Substance evaluation starts under REACH: The first list of substances published
03-02-2012
The first Community Rolling Action plan (CoRAP) addresses 90 substances that are suspected of posing risk to human health or the environment. The CoRAP list has been prepared in close cooperation with the Member States, taking into account the agreed risk based criteria for the selection of ...
ECHA launches the Classification and Labelling Inventory of chemicals on the EU market
02-15-2012
Over three million submission records covering more than 90,000 chemical substances are now freely accessible from the ECHA website. ECHA has launched the Public Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory with the information coming from REACH registrations and CLP notifications so far ...
ECHA updates the Candidate List with twenty new Substances of Very High Concern
Companies manufacturing or importing these substances, or articles containing the substances, need to check their potential obligations that result from the listing
12-21-2011
ECHA has added twenty substances to the Candidate List which now contains seventy-three substances. Among these recent additions, twelve have been included in the Candidate List following the unanimous agreement of the Member State Committee while the other eight, which did not receive ...
The Member State Committee identifies the first endocrine disruptor as a Substance of Very High Concern
12-19-2011
The Member State Committee (MSC) unanimously agreed on the identification of twelve Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). These will be added to the Candidate List and may then become subject to authorisation. The Committee also indicated their agreement on ECHA's draft recommendation for ...
BPA banned in baby bottles but used in drinking water pipes
12-16-2011
Since the spring of 2011 Bisphenol A (BPA) is banned in baby bottles throughout the EU, and lately the presence of this chemical in food tin cans has been increasingly questioned. However, there is also the risk of BPA leaching into drinking water from water pipes being restored with a method ...
ECHA’s Board of Appeal publishes two final decisions on appeals against decisions adopted by ECHA
10-13-2011
The Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published its first two final decisions on appeals against decisions adopted by ECHA under the REACH Regulation 1.In both cases, the appellants had paid the fee required for the registration of a substance, after the expiry of ...
