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Towards sustainable outdoor shooting and fishing – ECHA proposes restrictions on lead use

The European Chemicals Agency brings forward a proposal for further EU-wide restrictions on the use of lead in ammunition for hunting and outdoor sports shooting as well as in fishing. The proposal aims to address the risks of lead in these activities to protect people, wildlife and the environment.

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REACH

Calls for evidence: chromium VI compounds and arsenic acid screening reports

ECHA is looking for relevant information from stakeholders on the screening reports for chromium VI compounds and arsenic acid. The calls for evidence are open for contributions until 17 March 2021.

Current calls for comments and evidence

Missed our webinar on restricting substances in baby diapers?

The recording, presentations and Q&A are available on our website.

French authorities propose to restrict PAHs, furans, dioxins, formaldehyde and PCBs in single-use baby diapers. A consultation on the proposal was launched on 21 December and will end on 21 June 2021.

This event gave an update on the proposed restriction, explained the specific questions posed in the consultation and clarified how to submit comments.

More | Give comments

Biocides

Public consultation on derogation to the exclusion criteria for creosote

Active substances that meet the exclusion criteria can only be approved (or renewed) if they meet one or more of the following derogation criteria:

exposure is negligible;
the active substance is essential to prevent a serious danger to human or animal health or the environment; or
not approving the substance would have a disproportionate negative impact on society compared to the risks.

Give your comments on whether the conditions for derogation are met for creosote for product-type 8, by 30 March 2021.

Give comments | BPC opinion (PDF)

Occupational exposure limits

Consultation on a scientific report for occupational exposure limits on asbestos

Stakeholders are welcome to comment on the scientific report for the evaluation of limit values for asbestos at the workplace by 1 April 2021. The report will support ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment in adopting an opinion on occupational exposure limits.

Give comments | OEL pages | Directive 2009/148/EC

ECHA

Work programme 2021 published

ECHA’s 2021 priorities focus on its core mandate - REACH compliance, restrictions, authorisation, harmonised classification and labelling, and biocides active substance approval. The Integrated Regulatory Strategy guides the work in prioritising, evaluating and managing the risks of chemicals. The aim is to show ECHA’s impact in protecting European citizens and the environment from effects of harmful chemicals.

Work programme 2021

Providing research and development consultancy services? This call for tender might be of interest to you!

The European Commission-DG Research and Innovation is inviting companies to submit offers for a study aimed at providing market data on nanotechnology and nanomaterials. The study aims to enhance transparency by collecting a new set of data for 2017-2020 that will update the content of the NanoData knowledgebase, hosted by the European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials.

The estimated total value of the contract is EUR 200 000, and the deadline for submitting tenders is 22 February 2021.

More information - eTendering

Making EUCLEF even more useful

The European Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF) allows you to search how chemicals are regulated across the EU. It is integrated with ECHA’s chemicals database, so the information is also accessible from the substance Infocards. Soon more pieces of legislation will be added that will expand the scope of the finder and make it even more useful! Want to learn more about EUCLEF? Check out the EUCLEF page.

EUCLEF

IT tools

Webinar: REACH-IT new functionalities

4 March 2021, 11:00 – 13:00 (Helsinki time)

Watch our webinar to find out about the features of the latest version of REACH-IT (v3.9):

new section on the co-registrants page on (robust) study summaries;
new section on the joint submission page with information on ongoing and past dossier evaluations concerning any of the joint submission members.

You will also get a summary of the main features of REACH-IT since 2020 and what to expect in 2021.

No registration is required. Watch the webinar on our home page on the day of the event at 11:00 (Helsinki time). A Q&A chat will take place from 11:00 to 13:00 (Helsinki time).

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