The REACH-EN-FORCE Project 6 of the ECHA implementation forum has found several violations of the legal requirements of the CLP Regulation. The ECHA announced its findings in December 2019 in a press release. The project began in 2018 and involved inspectors in 29 countries who examined 3,391 mixtures along with 1,620 manufacturers,…
The ECHA has just provided companies with a system-to-system (S2S) tool that simplifies work with dossiers in the IUCLID-compatible PCN format. As an example, companies can now create dossiers in their own software system. Thanks to the new tool, they are then automatically transmitted to the ECHA portal and then redirected to the responsible national agencies. …
The EU Commission has reacted to calls from industry associations (see: Poison Centers: ECHA Opens Submission Portal for Hazardous Mixtures), and prepared a new draft regulation. According to the draft, the reporting period for mixtures used by consumers is being moved from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. Furthermore, the draft indicates that…
The EU Commission has revised Annexes I–VI of the CLP Regulation in light of the latest classification and labeling criteria found in the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). The revision aligns CLP with the sixth and seventh versions of GHS. Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of March 27, 2019 establishes a new…
As part of two EU enforcement projects, inspectors have examined products across the EU for the presence of hazardous chemicals. The first project monitors compliance with Regulation No. 528/2012 on the marketing and use of biocide products. In the second project, government agencies examine products imported into the EU to see if they meet the requirements set forth…
As part of monitoring project, the Norwegian Environment Agency has inspected more than 860 products that contain hazardous chemicals. The result: Every fifth product was improperly labeled. The Environment Agency has issued a press release (only in Norwegian) on its findings. The inspection occurred in May 2018. Overall, the inspector…
A majority of the members of the EU Parliament has called for measures against the use of hazardous substances in products because such use makes recycling difficult or even impossible. That’s why they should disappear from the supply chain as quickly as possible. The members strongly support a Resolution that calls…
