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REACH

Need help with passing the technical completeness check?

We have updated our web page on technical completeness check with links to the latest video tutorials, which will help companies registering their substances to pass the check. The tutorials explain how to run the validation assistant, how to opt-out under REACH and how to report read-across in registrations.

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Guidance on data sharing updated

Our Guidance on Data Sharing has been updated taking into account the end of the phase-in scheme on 31 May 2018. Any obsolete information has been deleted.

The guidance addresses the basic principles of data sharing and presents practical recommendations to help companies meet their obligations.

Guidance

New supporting scientific information on chemical persistence and bioaccumulation

Our Persistence, Bioaccumulation and Toxicity (PBT) Expert Group has published a discussion paper on the use of toxicokinetic data for assessing bioaccumulation in air-breathing mammals. The paper is based on discussions from a working group with leading experts from academia, industry and government.

The expert group has also published two notes on sterile controls in biodegradation studies and assessing the persistence of volatile substances.

Discussion paper | Note on sterile controls | Note on persistence of volatile substances | Management of PBT/vPvB substances

New intention to identify a substance of very high concern

An intention has been received for bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulphone (EC 201-247-9, CAS 80-07-9).

Registry of SVHC intentions until outcome

CLP

Consultations on harmonised classification and labelling

We are looking for comments on the harmonised classification and labelling proposals for:

proquinazid (ISO); 6-iodo-2-propoxy-3-propylquinazolin-4(3H)-one (EC 606-168-7, CAS 189278-12-4); and
dinotefuran (ISO); (RS)-1-methyl-2-nitro-3-(tetrahydro-3-furylmethyl)guanidine (EC 605-399-0, CAS 165252-70-0).

For these substances, a format combining the draft assessment report for the Plant Protection Products Regulation and the proposal for harmonised classification and labelling for the CLP Regulation has been used.

The Commission’s Guidelines on Active Substances and Plant Protection Products and the draft assessment report on EFSA consultation website provide additional information.

The deadline is 3 February 2023.

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New intentions and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

A proposal has been submitted for calcium metaborate (Ca(BO₂)₂) and calcium tetraborate (CaB₄O₇), amorphous reaction products of boric acid with lime (EC 701-311-0, CAS -).

Registry of CLH intentions until outcome

Occupational exposure limits

Report on welding fumes online

We have published a scoping study report on the evaluation of limit values for welding fumes and fumes from other processes that generate fume in a similar way at the workplace.

Study report

Consultation deadline approaching: 1,2-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane

The deadline for submitting comments on the scientific report for occupational exposure limits on 1,2-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane is 19 December 2022.

Give comments | OEL pages

Nanomaterials

New study assesses graphene’s potential impact on health and environment

The European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) has published a study that has systematically reviewed and critically assessed the potential health and environmental effects of graphene, graphene oxide, and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, based on existing public information of the last ten years.

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European Commission

REACH Committee meets in December– agenda available

The next meeting of the European Commission's REACH Committee will take place online on 13-14 December 2022. The agenda is available on the Commission’s website.

Agenda