Added to the Very High Concern Substance Candidate List (SVHC) are 3 reproductive toxicants and 1 endocrine disruptor. The Candidate List now contains 209 substances. The Candidate List includes substances of very high concern that can have serious effects on health...
The Compliance Forum agreed that its main compliance project planned for 2022 will focus on verifications of products controlled by different laws. They will focus mainly on those related to articles, but also mixes. Most products are expected to be consumer products....
ECHA Biocidal Products Committee (PCB) recommends approval of three active biocide substances. The active biocide substances on which this recommendation is made are: Carbon dioxide generated from propane, butane or a mixture of both by combustion. For type products:...
In 2019, ECHA proposed restricting the intentional uses of microplastics. Now, RAC (Risk Assessment Committee) supports this proposal. RAC, in his opinion, supports ECHA's proposal to restrict the use of microplastics that are intentionally added to products on the...
ECHA’s Member State Committee didn’t agree on the identification of Resorcinol as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) due to its endocrine-disrupting properties. During the last ECHA’s Member State Committee meeting they addressed the identification of resorcinol...
A causa de la pandemia originada por el COVID-19, muchos Estados de la Unión Europea han aplicado excepciones en los requisitos para poder autorizar productos biocidas. El objetivo, es poder agilizar la fabricación de productos desinfectantes y poder dar más acceso a...
ECHA is supporting UE/EEA countries and business to guarantee the quick establishment of disinfectants into the market. In this pandemic coronavirus situation, just as the European Commission and the AMEPS, ECHA studies the possibility of adjusting the requirements....
ECHA required to the Risk Assessment Committee (RAC), a review of the actual opinion on the chelating Pentetic Acid and Pentasodioum Pentate. Previously, on June 2017, an opinion about the classification and harmonized labelling of these chelating substances was...
The Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) adopted an opinion about a restriction proposal for siloxanes D4, D5 and D6 on personal care products. SEAC agreed on the ECHA’s proposal on restricting the commercialization of D4, D5 and D6, as substances, as other...
Se hace efectiva la propuesta de la ECHA para la evaluación por parte de los Estados Miembros de 74 sustancias en el marco de CoRAP (Community Rolling Action Plan) entre los años 2020 y 2022. El 10 de octubre de 2019 se presentó un borrador de CoRAP a la opinión de...
La ECHA publica un nuevo “Buscador de legislación sobre productos químicos de la UE” (EUCLEF) para hacer seguimiento de las obligaciones legales. Este buscador EUCLEF brinda a las empresas acceso a la descripción gratuita de 40 diferentes legislaciones de la UE sobre...
ECHA solicita información sobre siete sustancias peligrosas que propone incluir en la Lista de Autorizaciones REACH. En la Lista de Candidatos, ECHA recomienda a la Comisión sustancias susceptibles de incluirse en la Lista de Autorización (Anexo XIV de REACH). Esta...