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Mapping the chemical universe: List of substances by regulatory action published

ECHA has published a list of over

21 000 REACH registered substances mapped in its 'chemical universe'. The substances have been divided into five pools.

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REACH

Updated guidance for registering substances in nanoform

Two guidance documents have been updated with advice for companies preparing registration dossiers that cover nanoforms. The documents help registrants in fulfilling new legal requirements for nanomaterials that apply from 1 January 2020.

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Reminder: Call for evidence on possible restriction of lead in ammunition and fishing tackle

You have until 16 December 2019 to submit scientific evidence and information on the impacts of a possible restriction on the placing on the market and use of lead in ammunition (gunshot and bullets) and fishing tackle.

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New substance evaluation conclusions published

New substance evaluation conclusion documents are now available on ECHA’s website for:

2-methylpropan-2-ol (EC 200-889-7; CAS 75-65-0), added to the CoRAP list in 2013 and evaluated by United Kingdom;
m-phenylenediamine (EC 203-584-7; CAS 108-45-2), added to the CoRAP list in 2018 and evaluated by Latvia;
2-[methyl[(nonafluorobutyl) sulpho-nyl]amino]ethyl acrylate (EC 266-733-5; CAS 67584-55-8), added to the CoRAP list in 2018 and evaluated by Germany.

Community rolling action plan | Substance evaluation

PIC

EU exported more than 700 000 tonnes of PIC chemicals in 2018

ECHA’s report on the exports and imports that took place in 2018 under the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation shows benzene as the most traded PIC chemical, both for exports and imports.

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Supply chain communication

Material from ENES meeting published

The slides and posters presented at the November meeting of the Exchange Network on Exposure Scenarios (ENES12) are now available online.

The participants found the day very informative and highly value the supply chain communication tools developed under the ENES Network.

Event material

Waste

SCIP database: web pages updated

We have published new information on ECHA’s upcoming SCIP database on hazardous substances in articles. The updates contain information to duty holders and users of the data, such as waste operators and consumers. This includes support documents, project milestones and information about the tools to be used for SCIP notifications.

As of January 2021, suppliers of articles that contain Candidate List substances (SVHCs) have the duty to notify them to ECHA’s SCIP database.

SCIP web pages

Boad of Appeal

Journal article published on REACH and the Board of Appeal

The article examines four processes under REACH in which the Board of Appeal has left its mark, and explores its main contributions and challenges from the past decade.

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ECHA

Update to Information on chemicals

ECHA's chemicals database has been updated with the following features:

possibility to search by any public identifier of any type, including names, translated names, numbers, codes, index numbers;
list portal searches;
improvements in the properties of concerns text in the infocard and brief profiles;
REACH registration adaptation to IUCLID 6.4, and
publishing all non-confidential nanomaterial endpoint study data.

Information on chemicals