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3. September 2020

Vertebrate animal testing on cosmetic ingredients

ECHA Board of Appeal Helsinki, 18 August 2020 https://echa.europa.eu/about-us/who-we-are/board-of-appeal The Board of Appeal found that the REACH Regulation requires registrants...
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3. September 2020

22 hazardous chemicals added to EU regulation on imports and exports

ECHA/NR/20/26 Exporters of the substances now have to notify their designated national authority before exporting them. In most cases, consent...
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18. February 2020

Restrictions under consideration – hazardous contaminants in baby nappies

Substances of concern: PAHs, furans, dioxins, PCBs and formaldehyde ECHA original article link: https://newsletter.echa.europa.eu/home/-/newsletter/entry/keeping-harmful-chemicals-out-of-baby-nappies The French Agency for Food, Environmental...
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17. February 2020

Substances included in the Authorisation List (February 6, 2020)

Ecotox Centers are offering consultation services focused on REACH legislation, Management of SVHC substances, communication in supply chain and support...
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17. February 2020

Chemical Safety Report completeness check by ECHA will start by April 2020

From April 2020, ECHA will check that use and exposure information as well as risk characterisation is included in chemical...
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14. February 2020

11 substances added to the Authorisation List

The European Commission has adopted its Regulation to add 11 SVHCs to Annex XIV – the REACH authorisation list. eur-lex.europa...
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3. February 2020

Company size verification campaign by ECHA for REACH registrants

ECHA will soon verify the size of micro, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) that have registered substances between 2016 and...
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22. January 2020

Inspectors to check products sold online that contain harmful substances

Inspections for the eighth major Forum enforcement project have started. The project will check whether companies selling hazardous substances, mixtures,...
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17. January 2020

UFI Codes – New Duties from January 2021

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/11 of 29 October 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of...
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17. January 2020

4 new substances added to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation

The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation now contains 205 substances. ECHA link: https://echa.europa.eu/-/four-new-substances-added-to-candidate-list Helsinki,...
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