High Rate of Non-Compliant SDSs from EU Chemical Formulators
ECHA reported on December 4, 2012 that the preliminary results of REACH-EN-FORCE-2 were presented to the participants of the 13th plenary meeting of the Forum, which took place from November 27 to 30,...
View ArticlePublic Consultation in the U.K. on EU Chemicals Legislation
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the U.K. announced last month the start of a public consultation on regulatory measures to support EU chemicals legislation, and proposals on reducing seven...
View ArticleECHA Launches Classification and Labeling Platform
ECHA announced on January 31, 2013 the availability of a new web-based discussion forum where C&L (Classification & Labeling) notifiers and REACH registrants of the same substance can come...
View ArticleECHA’s Chemical Terminology Tool is Now Openly Accessible
ECHA’s multilingual chemical terminology tool, called “ECHA-term”, is now accessible to anyone, without a need to register. The ECHA-term terminology database was conceived as a dynamic database to be...
View ArticleECHA Working on New Biocides Guidance
ECHA announced in its June 2013 newsletter that the agency is working on a set of new biocides guidance documents to support applicants preparing for the Biocidal Products Regulation. The following...
View Article52% of EU SDSs Are Defective, ECHA Says
ECHA announced on September 4, 2013 the results of the second REACH enforcement project. The ECHA Forum’s second enforcement project (REF-2) focused on checking the compliance of downstream users,...
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Updated Guidance on the Application of the CLP Criteria
ECHA announced on November 25, 2013 the publication of an update to the Guidance on the Application of the CLP Criteria. An update of the Guidance on the Application of the CLP Criteria for Part 2...
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Sections of an EU SDS and Sections of an Exposure Scenario
Last week, ECHA announced an update to the guidance on the compilation of safety data sheets (SDSs). The updated guidance includes an overview of the relationship between EU SDS sections and the...
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Tool to Classify Detergent and Cleaning Products for CLP
Did you know that there is a new tool to determine the EU CLP classification of detergent and cleaning products? Under CLP, which is the EU adaptation of GHS, companies have three options to classify...
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Know The Substances Hazardous To Water For Your German SDSs
For Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for Germany, you must be aware of the very important and country-specific WGK (Water German Klasse) regulation required in Section 15 of your SDSs. In Germany,...
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EU Chemicals Regulations Are Too Complex, Trade Group Says
Late last month, CEEMET (Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-Based Industries) issued a position paper advocating the simplification of the existing EU regulatory...
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EU Wrestles With Substance Identity In REACH
The European Commission is calling for feedback on substance identity and sameness of complex substances, ECHA announced yesterday. The 2013 REACH Review concluded that the definition of substance...
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How South Africa Handles GHS Compared To The EU CLP
The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) was put forward in an effort to standardize classification of chemicals, labels and safety data sheets (SDSs) around the world. However, although similarities exist...
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EU Seeks Cooperation With U.S. On Classification & Labeling
Bloomberg BNA reported last week on two position papers published by the European Commission on May 14, in which a closer cooperation between the EU and the U.S. regarding the classification and...
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Four New SVHCs Added To REACH Candidate List
ECHA announced yesterday the addition of cadmium chloride, a phthalate and two boron substances to the Candidate List, which now contains 155 substances. Cadmium chloride is a CMR substance and is also...
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New ECHA eGuide on Safety Data Sheets and Exposure Scenarios
In case you missed it, last week ECHA announced the availability of an “eGuide” designed to help users of European Union (EU) safety data sheets (SDSs) understand and use information more easily. The...
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Nine Substances Added to REACH Authorization List
In case you missed it, the European Commission of the European Union (EU) has added nine new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) to Annex XIV of the REACH regulation. The set of substances included...
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