ECHA Weekly – 07 December 2023

REACH

Testing proposals

We have launched 17 new consultations on testing proposals.

Have your say until 18 January 2024.

European Commission decisions on applications for authorisation

The Commission has granted a total of 3 authorisations for 4 uses of chromium trioxide. Find the substances and all details on the Commission website.

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

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

• Slags
• Dibenzoates

If you have questions or feedback related to the assessment work, you can send them to us using this webform.

CLP

New intention to harmonise classification and labelling

One intention has been received for:

• Trifluoroacetic acid...% (EC 200-929-3, CAS 76-05-1).

Biocides

European Commission decisions on Union authorisation

The Commission has granted a Union authorisation for:

• the single biocidal product 'GHC Chlor'
• the single biocidal product 'EuLA oxi-lime 23'
• the single biocidal product 'EuLA hydra-lime 23'

Enforcement

New Forum's Work Programme published

Enforcement Forum's Work Programme for 2024-2025 is now available on Forum's web page. The Work Programme describes planned activities in the next two years to harmonise and improve the enforcement of the EU's chemicals legislation. 

ECHA

Highlights from November RAC and SEAC meetings

The Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) adopted its opinion supporting France’s proposal to restrict creosote and related substances. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) adopted eight opinions on harmonised classification and labelling. One of these concerns tea-tree oil, where the committee recommends adding reproductive toxicity as the most stringent classification.

Learn more in our topical episode of the Safer Chemicals Podcast with the committee Chairs María Ottati and Roberto Scazzola.

Executive Director's hearing at the European Parliament

Our Executive Director, Dr Sharon McGuinness, spoke about the Agency’s achievements and current priorities in her first annual hearing at the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee on 29 November 2023.

Others

Council and Parliament reach provisional agreement on CLP regulation

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the regulation for the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP regulation). This regulation updates the existing 2008 EU legislation and aims to clarify the rules on labelling chemical substances and the required information for chemicals sold online.

Call for experts

Consultation on PFOS limits under the POPs Regulation

The European Commission is looking for comments on a draft delegated act to amend the entry for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives in Annex I of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation.

This measure will reduce the maximum PFOS concentration allowed as unintentional trace contaminant in substances, mixtures and articles and remove the last specific exemption in the EU.

Have your say until 1 January 2024.