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18. June 2024 / EkotoxInfo

EkotoxInfo 06/2024 

We encourage you to read the current issue of EkotoxInfo news. In the summary of resent developments in the area...

30. May 2024

Restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

PFASs are, or ultimately transform into, persistent substances, leading to irreversible environmental exposure and accumulation. Due to their water solubility...

27. May 2024

Expected extension of EU’s review of biocidal active substances

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2024/1398 of 14 March 2024 Ensures the continuation of the work program for the systematic review of...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...