INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT – Revision of EU legislation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals – was published 04 May 2021. The European Green Deal sets out the ambition to reach zero pollution for a toxic-free environment. As part of this ambition, the chemicals strategy for sustainability announces actions to better protect people and the environment against hazardous chemicals and to…
Entry 46a Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) (C2H4O)nC15H24O Conditions of restriction 1. Shall not be placed on the market after 3 February 2021 in textile articles which can reasonably be expected to be washed in water during their normal lifecycle, in concentrations equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of that textile article or of each part of the textile…
Inspectors will check whether the SVHCs subject to authorisation that have been placed on the market have been granted an authorisation by the European Commission. They will also check whether uses of these substances comply with the conditions set in the authorisation decisions. The inspections will be carried out in collaboration with national customs and authorities responsible for occupational safety…
Candidate List updated with two chemicals that are toxic for reproduction ECHA News 19.1.2021 https://echa.europa.eu/sk/-/candidate-list-updated-with-two-chemicals-that-are-toxic-for-reproduction Substances added to the Candidate List on 19 January 2021: EC No. CAS No. Substance name 205-594-7 143-24-8 Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl)ether; – – Dioctyltin dilaurate, stannane, dioctyl-, bis(coco acyloxy) derivs., and any other stannane, dioctyl-, bis(fatty acyloxy) derivs. wherein C12 is the predominant carbon number…
ECHA/NR/20/43; Helsinki, 16 December 2020 36 % of checked treated articles were found to be non-compliant with labelling requirements under the Biocidal Products Regulation. The first coordinated enforcement project on biocides (BEF-1) run by the BPR Subgroup of the Forum (BPRS) focused on checking obligations for treated articles in 2019. National enforcement authorities in 22 Member States inspected almost 1…
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2020/2081 of 14 December 2020 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards substances in tattoo inks or permanent make-up https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R2081&from=EN Substances falling within one or more of the following points: (a) substances classified as any of…
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2020/1682 of 12 November 2020 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1682&from=EN Cases of sensitisation to nail products containing HEMA and Di-HEMA TMHDC reported in some Member States lead the Commission to the conclusion that there is a risk that such products may be applied…