19-12-2024

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Info:

Compliance of safety data sheets - still room for improvement

Revised rules for classification, labelling and packaging enter into force

Substances containing benzene dominate exports and imports of hazardous chemicals

Reach:

• Lead in PVC restriction kicks in
• Submission of octocrilene restriction proposal postponed

• New substance evaluation conclusion published

  • Climbazole (EC 253-775-4, CAS 38083-17-9), evaluated by Belgium.
• Testing proposals
• ECHA raises environmental concerns over certain aromatic brominated flame retardants
• Member States plan to evaluate 28 substances in 2025-2027
• Consultation on reporting requirements under the REACH restriction on microplastics
• Screening report published for 4-OPnEO and 4-NPnEO

• New substance evaluation conclusions published

  • N,N'-ethylenebis(3,4,5,6-tetrabromophthalimide) (EC 251-118-6, CAS 32588-76-4), evaluated by Norway; and
  • 2-[(4-methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)azo]-N-(2-methoxyphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide (EC 229-419-9, CAS 6528-34-3), evaluated by Italy.

ECHA:

• Highlights from November RAC and SEAC meetings

• ECHA closed at the end of the year

  We wish you all a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyful New Year.

  The Agency will be closed from 20 December 2024 (12:00 Helsinki time) until 2 January 2025 inclusive.

• Highlights from December Member State Committee meeting

• Serious cross-border threats to health: tasks for ECHA

• Deepening cooperation with contract research organisations

• Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

  Reports for the following substance groups are now available on our website:

  • Salts of iodine and oxides with counterions of low hazard; and
  • Esters from fatty acid oligomers.

CLP:

• CLP revision defines new role for distributors in poison centre notifications

• Consultation on harmonised classification and labelling

  We are looking for comments on the harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) proposal for:

  • [4-[p,p'-bis(dimethylamino)benzhydrylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]dimethylammonium m-[[p-anilinophenyl]azo]benzenesulphonate (EC 265-449-9, CAS 65113-55-5).
• New intentions and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling
• Consultations on harmonised classification and labelling

Waste Framework Directive:

Tips for preparing simplified SCIP notifications

Occupational exposure limits:

Consultations

Batteries Regulation:

Second workshop on battery materials

On 28-29 October 2024, we hosted the second workshop of Eurometaux's Exchange & Capacity-building Group on Battery Materials (ECaBaM). The final report from the workshop is now published on Eurometaux's REACH Metals portal.

European Commission's decisions:

Decisions on biocidal active substances and Union authorisations

The Commission has approved an existing active substance:

• reaction products of boric acid with didecylamine and ethylene oxide (polymeric betaine) for product-type 9

EU Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON):

New report evaluates performance of EUON

Nanopinion: Ensuring safe and sustainable material innovation through advanced materials

Board of Appeal:

Revised web pages and search tools launched

Others:

Protecting workers from carcinogens

 

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