At its meeting in mid-September 2024, the ECHA Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) prepared various documents to help guide companies through the process of renewing EU authorizations for their biocidal products. Content of the Documents First, the documents explain the authorization procedure itself and help the companies concerned decide whether the…
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) argues that talc should be classified as carcinogenic (Category 1B) according to the CLP Regulation. Talc would then be considered a substance of very high concern. The call is surprising because the Netherlands had proposed that the substance be classified only as carcinogenic in…
On September 19, the EU Commission decided to restrict the use of Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts, and PFHxA-related substances throughout the entire EU. Annex XVII of Regulation 1907/2006 (REACH) describes in detail how the individual substances are restricted. According to the Annex, PFHxA will be banned for the following…
The European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee has voted to approve the draft of the revised Toy Safety Regulation proposed during the previous legislative period. The Parliament and the Council of Ministers will now begin to negotiate the final version. While the Parliament is committed to banning not only carcinogenic, mutagenic,…
The EU wants to promote the substitution of PFAS, chromium VI substances, and other problematic groups of substances as part of pilot projects. The EU announced the details in an invitation to tender published on July 22. What the EU Plans The EU has defined four projects. The first sets…
China has issued a new standard (announcement in Chinese) for the classification and labeling of chemicals. China thereby adapts its regulations to the requirements of GHS Rev. 8. The standard, GB 30000.1, Rules for the Classification and Labeling of Chemicals – Part 1: General Specifications, comes into force on August…
How can industrial accidents be prevented? Or at least, how can their consequences across borders be kept to a minimum? Answers can be found in the guideline published by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The guideline supports the risk assessment of industrial facilities for companies that use and…
On July 23, the Ukrainian government adopted REACH (Technical Regulation for the Safety of Chemical Products) (press release in Ukrainian). Ukraine is thereby harmonizing the legal framework for handling chemicals with the EU. The regulation will enter into force on January 23, 2025. Ukraine REACH obliges companies and importers to…
At the request of the EU Commission, participants in the CARACAL meeting at the beginning of July clarified that microencapsulated substances should be considered mixtures. The Commission is looking for a way to classify and label formulations containing microencapsulated substances that are released after a certain period. No Consensus Nonetheless,…
The mandate of the EU Council of Ministers for the Detergents Regulation was adopted in mid-June 2024. This move paves the way for the tripartite negotiations between the European Commission, the Parliament, and the Council. The discussions to date have focused on the following topics. Phosphorus Limit as a Sticking…
