24. May 2024
Submitting downstream user notification of authorised uses
If you are a downstream user of a substance listed on the Authorisation List (Annex XIV) and are using it...
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23. May 2024
Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) substances restricted under EU Comission Regulation
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/1328 of 16 May 2024 Entry 70 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is replaced by the...
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20. May 2024
Revision of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
European Parliament adopted new measures to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU. The rules,...
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13. May 2024
Restriction proposal on chromium (VI) to cover more substances
ECHA/NR/24/13 The European Commission has requested ECHA to broaden the scope of the REACH restriction proposal to cover at least...
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25. April 2024
The essential use concept in EU legislation dealing with chemicals
The essential use concept in EU legislation addressing chemicals is a framework designed to determine when the use of certain...
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24. April 2024
Drinking Water Directive
The European Commission has published six new legal acts under the Drinking Water Directive. These set out the framework for...
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19. April 2024
Joint Europe-wide assessment of the drivers and impact of chemical pollution by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
ECHA/NR/24/11 The chemicals strategy for sustainability towards a toxic-free environment (CSS) embraces two overarching goals of the chemicals legislation: preventing...
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11. April 2024
The EU modifies the use of certain nanomaterials in cosmetic products
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/858 (March 14, 2024) of European Parliament and Council Regulation 1223/2009/EC on styrene/acrylate copolymer, sodium styrene/acrylate copolymer,...
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9. April 2024 / CLP
Effect of the 21st ATP to the CLP Regulation
The latest update, the 21st Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) to the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulation, is now...
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8. April 2024
Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) + other substances restricted in cosmetic products
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/996 of 3 April 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the...
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