On June 25, 2020, the ECHA added four chemicals to the REACH Candidate List. The leading candidate is the preservative butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (butylparaben). Because the substance has strong antibacterial properties, it is used in many cosmetics, including moisturizers, sunscreens, eyeshadow, and antiwrinkle creams. Butylparaben also acts as a mask to lessen the inherent odor of the product. According...
The ECHA has increased the pressure on companies to comply with Article 22, Section 1 of REACH – so that each is “updating his registration without undue delay with relevant new information and submitting it to the Agency.” The ECHA is applying the push for compliance as part of the...
Considering the Corona crisis, the ECHA could extend the deadline when companies must provide specific information for a substance evaluation. The agency will monitor the situation and decide on specific measures if necessary. As an ECHA spokesperson told Chemical Watch, the agency wants to maintain regular operations as best as...
The ECHA has published the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) and announced which chemicals will be evaluated in the next three years. The list contains 64 chemicals that are to be evaluated by the appropriate national agencies between 2020 and 2022 according to Articles 44-48 of REACH. Seven new chemicals have been added to last year’s...
Last year, the ECHA performed 301 checks and found that it had to request follow-up data on the long-term effects of chemicals on human health and the environment in 81% of the cases it examined. As the ECHA reported in its press release on February 26, the missing information was…
Associations have criticized what they regard as overly tight deadlines for updating their registration dossiers. The EC defined the deadlines in its Draft implementing regulation – Ares(2019)7784994. The associations expressed their reservation as part of the Feedback period from December 18–January 15, 2020. For example, the European Non-Ferrous Metals Association, Eurometaux, noted that dossier updates could be very complex. When a formula changes, so could...
The EU Commission has published EU Regulation 2020/11 and modified Annex VIII of the CLP Regulation. The change grants importers and downstream users a postponement of the notification deadline. Originally, these parties were required to provide information on hazardous mixtures for consumer use as of January of this year. The required...
According to an ECHA press release dated January 16, the Agency has added four chemicals to the REACH candidate list. All the additions are substances of very high concern (SVHCs): Diisohexyl phthalate: Not registered under REACH 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-4'-morpholinobutyrophenone: Used in the manufacture of polymers 2-methyl-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2-morpholinopropan-1-one: Used in the manufacture of polymers Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid...
On its submission portal, the ECHA has provided two guidelines intended to support importers and downstream users when using its new system-to-system tool. Users can create dossiers in their own software systems and transmit them directly to the ECHA portal. Annex VIII of the CLP Regulation requires downstream users to notify the ECHA about...
The ECHA wants to make the first version of its substance of concern in products (SCIP) database available to users in October 2020. A prototype will be ready as early as the first quarter of 2020. The Agency made the announcement in Helsinki at the beginning of November as part...
