Some nine of ten REACH dossiers that ECHA inspectors examined last year lacked data on the long-term effects of substances, such as information on mutagenicity, genotoxicity, and long-term aquatic toxicity. In these cases, the ECHA called upon companies to supply the data within a fixed period. The ECHA published the…
Numerous manufacturers, distributors, and/or downstream users headquartered in Great Britain have taken advantage of the opportunity to submit notifications for their chemicals with a DUIN by October 27. They are now considered importers and have also gained time to register their chemicals. Depending on the tonnage band, the following registration…
Industry representatives, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC), have criticized the draft guidance published in mid-August by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). As part of the period allowed for public comments, which ended on September 6, representatives of the ACC stated that the new requirements for registration…
In April 2019, the ECHA published its first annual report Integrated Regulatory Strategy. The report serves the ECHA and the responsible agencies in the member states as a starting point, given that the ECHA wants to develop an overview of all registered chemicals by 2027. It wants to identify the status quo of substances…
The preregistration of substances according to the South Korean chemicals law (K-REACH) has been available since the beginning of the year. The regulation requires that manufacturers and importers have substances preregistered by June 30. The obligation applies to chemicals manufactured or imported between 2016 and 2018 in a quantity of at…
The EU Commission has paved the way for a new implementing regulation for substance registration. A draft of the regulation has already been prepared. The final form is currently being worked out. However, not as much progress has been made with a second implementing regulation that the EU wants to…
EU experts have published a study that examines various options for the registration of polymers. They studied the approaches to registration in various countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zeeland, China, and South Korea. One approach organizes polymers into groups and registers the groups. Another option would classify polymers according…
