2,388 REACH Registrations Need Quality Improvements
ECHA announced on September 14, 2012, that the agency had conducted a new IT-based screening of all REACH intermediate registration dossiers, which raised serious quality and potential compliance...
View ArticleEU Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory Updated
On September 27, 2012, ECHA announced that the agency updated the public Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory with information on substances for which notifiers had indicated as not...
View ArticleNew REACH Registration Statistics Are Now Available
ECHA announced on October 3, 2012 that detailed statistics on the origin and types of REACH registration dossiers and registered substances were being published. The new statistics on REACH...
View ArticleNew Web Form Available from ECHA to Notify SVHCs in Articles
ECHA announced on November 23, 2012 that producers and importers of articles into the EU can now submit notifications for substances in articles using a new web form available on the ECHA website. ECHA...
View ArticleREACH Registration Numbers and Company Names Published
ECHA announced on November 28, 2012 that the agency has published company names and registration numbers from REACH registration dossiers. ECHA also announced that it will add further information from...
View ArticleREACH Registrations Still Have Quality and Compliance Issues
On February 27, 2013, ECHA announced through a press release that a large part of examined REACH registration dossiers still raise quality and subsequently compliance concerns. In anticipation of the...
View ArticleECHA Launches Public Consultation on 10 Potential SVHCs
ECHA announced earlier this month the publication of new proposals to designate an additional 10 substances as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). Several of the proposals in the current...
View ArticleEU Consultation on Restriction of Lead in Consumer Articles
ECHA announced last week the start of a public consultation period that will last until September 21, 2013 on a proposed restriction of lead and its compounds in consumer articles. Comments can be sent...
View ArticleECHA Publishes General Report for 2012 on REACH Activities
Recently, ECHA published its “General Report 2012” where it outlines the 2012 activities of the Agency regarding the implementation of REACH, CLP, and other regulations and initiatives. Here is a...
View ArticleFinal Advice Regarding the REACH 2013 Registration Deadline
ECHA provided last week some final advice regarding the second REACH registration deadline of May 31, 2013. ECHA says that, at this stage, lead and member registrants should have already decided how to...
View ArticleECHA Seeks Evidence on the Use of Cadmium-Based Pigments
On July 4, 2013, ECHA issued a call for additional information on the use of cadmium and cadmium compounds, especially cadmium-based pigments in plastic materials in order to assess the need for...
View ArticleNew EU Biocidal Products Regulation Takes Effect September 1
ECHA reminded on August 30, 2013 that companies can apply as of September 1st for the approval of an active biocidal substance as well as an authorization for a biocidal product containing an approved...
View ArticleAbout 9,000 Registrations Submitted for 2013 REACH Deadline
ECHA announced on September 10, 2013 that registration numbers were granted to 9,030 dossiers that were submitted by the second REACH registration deadline of May 31, 2013. This corresponds to 2,998...
View ArticleUpdated Draft Guidance on Identification of REACH SVHCs
ECHA recently issued a draft of the second version of its “Guidance for the preparation of an Annex XV dossier on the identification of substances of very high concern”. The guidance document describes...
View ArticleSMEs Share Their Experiences on REACH Registration
In its December 2013 newsletter, ECHA shared results from a survey conducted with small and medium sized enterprise (SME) registrants about their experiences in registering their chemicals under the EU...
View ArticleHow Does a Substance Become an SVHC in the EU?
On December 16, 2013, ECHA updated the Candidate List for authorisation with seven new SVHCs. If you manufacture products in the EU or you ship products into the EU, you are affected by Substances of...
View ArticleAlmost 70% Of Checked REACH Registrations Are Not Compliant
ECHA announced on January 15, 2014 that the agency had concluded compliance checks for over 1,000 REACH registration dossiers submitted for the first registration deadline of December 1, 2010. As part...
View Article5 New Substances Proposed For REACH Authorization In The EU
Earlier this week, ECHA recommended a new batch of substances for REACH authorization to the European Commission. Four of them have hazardous properties for human health being classified as...
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