In the future, importers who wish to introduce products containing SVHCs must record the presence of such chemicals in customs documents. The EU Commission has required this information since October 1, 2019 for materials contained in the REACH Authorization List (Annex XIV). According to Miquel Aguado-Monsonet of the Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry,...
As of April 2020, the ECHA plans to check REACH dossiers with manual and computer-assisted checks. The agency hopes that the new checks will enable it to uncover information gaps more efficiently than it could before. First, the computer-assisted checks should ensure that registrants provide truly complete information about hazard...
The German Federal Environmental Agency has published a study in which the authors examine various ways that the activities of the ECHA can be financed in the future. The trigger for the study was the funding shortfall at the ECHA. How did the shortfall develop? The agency originally assumed that considerably less effort...
Act now and convert your preregistrations into registrations by the end of this year. That’s the only way to ensure a continued ability to market your chemical products. If you miss the deadline, you risk the possibility of competitive disadvantages. To be able to market a substance in quantities of greater...
As part of the fourteenth adaptation to technical progress (ATP), the EU Commission has classified powdered titanium dioxide as “possibly carcinogenic upon inhalation.” The Commission made its decision on October 4. Unless the EU Parliament and Council of Ministers raise any objections within the next two months, the changes to...
The French Ministry for the Ecological and Solidary Transition (Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire) and the Ministry for Solidarity and Health (Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé) have published a strategy paper (French only) against endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC). The authors define three areas of action: To provide the public with more-comprehensive information on the topic than it has ever receivedpreviously: One of the...
The ECHA has announced which information companies will have to supply when they market products containing substances of very high concern (SVHCs). The Waste Directive that has been in effect since July 2018 is the background for the announcement. The goal of the Directive is to eliminate SVHCs from material streams step by step. But if manufacturers fail to replace SVHCs with...
The ECHA has recommended to the EU Commission that it include 18 chemicals in Annex XIV (Authorization List) of REACH. Because of their properties, all the substances are harmful to human health or the environment. The list currently contains 43 chemicals. A public consultation last year preceded the ECHA recommendation. Last June, the Member State Committee (MSC) finally examined the comments made during the...
The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and Concawe, the consortium of leading European oil companies, have criticized the plans of the EU Commission to modify Annexes VI–XI of REACH. The Annexes cover the data requirements for chemicals. The changes to the Annexes are part of an EU action plan to improve...
The EU Commission is supplementing Annex XVII of REACH and restricting the use of diisocyanates. The Commission notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the proposed restriction on September 16. The restriction is to take effect at the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020. At that time, a new concentration limit of 0.1% by weight will apply to diisocyanates....
