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ENVI News 03 & 07 July 2025: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, battery due diligence, marine biodiversity, CBAM, chemicals, biological control agents, Roswall on water resilience strategy
ENVI News 24 June: COP30, climate adaptation, agriculture and sustainable development goals
ENVI News 03-04 June: Executive Director of ECHA, Preparedness Union Strategy, vote on Soil Monitoring and REGI opinion on mid-term review
ENVI News 12-13 May: Exchanges of views with Commissioners Lahbib, Varhelyi and Séjourné, agriculture, protected species and CBAM
ENVI News 23-24 April and 5 May: Climate COP30 preparations, implementation of EU water legislation, PFAS and structured dialogue with Commissioner Hoekstra
ENVI News 7-8 April 2025: Commissioner Roswall, EFSA Director, air quality, eco-design, water resilience, taxonomy and budget
ENVI News 17-18, 19, 20 March 2025: EVP Ribera, EEA Ex. Director, sustainable transport, CBAM, end-of-life vehicles, forests, objections on LIFE programme, SDGs.
ENVI News 17-18 February: Water resilience, end-of-life of vehicles, one-substance-one-assessment, forest monitoring
ENVI News 13, 16 & 23 Jan 2025: Forests, climate adaptation, GMOs&novel food, end of live vehicles, microplastics, Polish Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska
ENVI News 27-28 January: Water resilience, food controls, climate, cats and dogs
ENVI News 4-5 December 2024: Presentation of EU Agencies' work, Climate reports, Budget Discharges 2023, WHO on Antimicrobial resistance, adoption of negotiation mandates
ENVI News 14 October 2024: Deforestation Regulation & objections to the authorisation of GMOs
ENVI News 04 November 2024: Confirmation Hearings from 4 to 12 November 2024
ENVI News 3 October: NGTs, Clean Transition Dialogues update, Plastic Treaty and CBD COP16
ENVI News 23 September: Exchanges of views with the Hungarian Presidency
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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), in force since 2021, governs post-Brexit relations in many policy areas, including on trade, energy, transport, fisheries, and climate and environmental cooperation. In March 2025, the European Commission published its 2023 implementation report, outlining progress and challenges. In areas under ENVI's remit, the report notes continued cooperation on emissions trading and offshore renewable energy, and highlights UK legislative changes to its Emissions Trading Scheme, which the Commission continues to monitor. It also flags divergence in the UK's chemicals policy (UK REACH) from EU REACH. Following this, the AFET and INTA committees launched its periodical own-initiative implementation report. ENVI is one of 11 committees authorised to contribute an opinion, providing input within its area of competence. ENVI Members tabled 245 amendments to the draft opinion, with nine compromise amendments negotiated ahead of the vote.
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the addition of three new substances to its Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern ...
Importers and producers of articles have to notify ECHA if their article contains a Candidate List substance within six months from the date it has ...
Following a decision at the ECHA's member state committee on 16 June, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on Wednesday the inclusion in the ...
... Court in Case T-366/22, Ryanair Vs. Commission (Condor II ; COVID ... ECHA adds three hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List - ECHA/NR/25/20 ...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added three new hazardous chemicals to its 'Candidate List' of substances of very high concern (SVHCs), ...
... Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said in a statement. A third substance, used in textile treatment products and dyes, was described as toxic for reproduction.
ECHA’s achievements in 2024 reflect a strong commitment to our strategic goals and priorities, as well as our vision of chemical safety through science, collaboration and knowledge. We continued to progress and implement our existing legal mandate and also commenced implementation of several new tasks. Our role continues to expand, and in 2024, we supported decision makers as they prepared for the introduction of further new regulatory tasks for the Agency. Throughout the year, we collaborated closely with our many stakeholders, including Member States, the Commission, EU agencies, industry and NGOs. This engagement ensures we can deliver transparent, independent and high-quality scientific opinions and decisions and ensure duty holders meet their legal obligations. While much has been achieved in 2024, the Agency continues to face challenges, which will need to be addressed over the coming period. However, we also took steps to address how the Agency can tackle several of these challenges by modifying our ways or working in the future.
ENVI News 24 June: COP30, climate adaptation, agriculture and sustainable development goals
ENVI News 03-04 June: Executive Director of ECHA, Preparedness Union Strategy, vote on Soil Monitoring and REGI opinion on mid-term review
ENVI News 12-13 May: Exchanges of views with Commissioners Lahbib, Varhelyi and Séjourné, agriculture, protected species and CBAM
ENVI News 23-24 April and 5 May: Climate COP30 preparations, implementation of EU water legislation, PFAS and structured dialogue with Commissioner Hoekstra
ENVI News 7-8 April 2025: Commissioner Roswall, EFSA Director, air quality, eco-design, water resilience, taxonomy and budget
ENVI News 17-18, 19, 20 March 2025: EVP Ribera, EEA Ex. Director, sustainable transport, CBAM, end-of-life vehicles, forests, objections on LIFE programme, SDGs.
ENVI News 17-18 February: Water resilience, end-of-life of vehicles, one-substance-one-assessment, forest monitoring
ENVI News 13, 16 & 23 Jan 2025: Forests, climate adaptation, GMOs&novel food, end of live vehicles, microplastics, Polish Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska
ENVI News 27-28 January: Water resilience, food controls, climate, cats and dogs
ENVI News 4-5 December 2024: Presentation of EU Agencies' work, Climate reports, Budget Discharges 2023, WHO on Antimicrobial resistance, adoption of negotiation mandates
ENVI News 14 October 2024: Deforestation Regulation & objections to the authorisation of GMOs
ENVI News 04 November 2024: Confirmation Hearings from 4 to 12 November 2024
ENVI News 3 October: NGTs, Clean Transition Dialogues update, Plastic Treaty and CBD COP16
ENVI News 23 September: Exchanges of views with the Hungarian Presidency
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... chemical and certain forms of cancer. Yet, the European Union has extended its ... ECHA, the European authorities for food and chemical safety.
It would also empower the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to generate data when needed and ensure transparency of scientific studies. Under the ...
... chemicals, and ensure early detection and action on emerging chemical risks. ... The press release notes that the OSOA package will help ECHA, and other ...
The agreed text includes provisions for situations where the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reach ...
The European Commission will task its chemicals agency (ECHA) and food safety watchdog (EFSA) with reviewing a new study linking the weed killer ...
It also empowers the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to generate data when needed and ensures transparency of scientific studies. Main elements of ...
... chemicals, and ensure early detection and action on emerging chemical risks. ... ECHA should provide access to all chemicals data generated or submitted ...
New guidance by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on the application of Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (CLP) criteria. An ...
Current priorities include evaluating the PFAS restriction proposal submitted by five Member States, on which ECHA's committees are preparing sectoral opinions to inform the Commission's and Member States' decisions. The One Substance, One Assessment package, adopted in December 2023, currently in inter-institutional negotiations , aims to streamline chemical risk assessments and will increase ECHA's responsibilities. Finally, a future proposal on ECHA's basic regulation is expected, which will revise its governance and consolidate its financing model to better support its growing mandate.
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This structured dialogue was the first opportunity for ENVI Members to question Stéphane Séjourné in his role as Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy on the state of play, progress and outlook of his work. His portfolio covers the Industry, SMEs and the Single Market, with key responsibilities including implementation of the Net Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act, and the forthcoming Circular Economy Act and the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act. Discussions were expected to focus on the Clean Industrial Deal, presented on 26 February, which sets out urgent measures to support EU industry in regaining competitiveness while decarbonising. The Deal aims to create lead markets for circular products, improve access to affordable energy, and boost demand for clean technologies. Members were also expected to address the upcoming Chemicals Package and the targeted revision of the REACH Regulation, due in late 2025.
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has updated its report on Key Areas of Regulatory Challenge with new topics in line with the European Union's ...
AOB for the meeting of the Council (Environment) on 17 June 2025 The proposed ban on lead in ammunition and fishing tackle under the REACH Regulation - Information from Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia
New guidance by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on the application of Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (CLP) criteria; An ...
Chemical pollution presents a risk to environmental quality and to human health through environmental exposure. In line with the environmental ...
The proper assessment of the confidentiality of the information contained in the ARs and PARs is important to ensure the correct dissemination of information on active substances (AS) and biocidal products (BP) as required under Article 67 of the Regulation (EU) 528/2012 (“Biocidal Products Regulation” (BPR)). It is also relevant in the context of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (“ATD Regulation”) and equivalent national provisions, since the dissemination of ARs and PARs will possibly limit the number of access to documents requests. Note that these guidelines are without prejudice to confidentiality claims related to Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information. Two documents on the confidentiality claims check were prepared by ECHA (CA-March14-Doc.7.2.1 and CA-March14-Doc.7.2.23) and presented at the 55th CA meeting. A revised proposal for the assessment of confidentiality claims was agreed in the 56th CA meeting. This document elaborates guidelines in more detail on the general principles for assessing confidentiality requests by the evaluating body and on their practical application in relation to dissemination of ARs and PARs. Dissemination directly from the IUCLID dossier was not considered in this revision. The Biocides Submission Manual (BSM) Process of confidentiality requests for biocide applications provides information on the content of confidentiality claims and aims to help applicant for preparing their IUCLID dossiers.
... toxic substance by replacing it with safer, readily available alternatives. ... In 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) conducted a comprehensive ...
ENVI News 03-04 June: Executive Director of ECHA, Preparedness Union Strategy, vote on Soil Monitoring and REGI opinion on mid-term review
ENVI News 12-13 May: Exchanges of views with Commissioners Lahbib, Varhelyi and Séjourné, agriculture, protected species and CBAM
ENVI News 23-24 April and 5 May: Climate COP30 preparations, implementation of EU water legislation, PFAS and structured dialogue with Commissioner Hoekstra
ENVI News 7-8 April 2025: Commissioner Roswall, EFSA Director, air quality, eco-design, water resilience, taxonomy and budget
ENVI News 17-18, 19, 20 March 2025: EVP Ribera, EEA Ex. Director, sustainable transport, CBAM, end-of-life vehicles, forests, objections on LIFE programme, SDGs.
ENVI News 17-18 February: Water resilience, end-of-life of vehicles, one-substance-one-assessment, forest monitoring
ENVI News 13, 16 & 23 Jan 2025: Forests, climate adaptation, GMOs&novel food, end of live vehicles, microplastics, Polish Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska
ENVI News 27-28 January: Water resilience, food controls, climate, cats and dogs
ENVI News 4-5 December 2024: Presentation of EU Agencies' work, Climate reports, Budget Discharges 2023, WHO on Antimicrobial resistance, adoption of negotiation mandates
ENVI News 14 October 2024: Deforestation Regulation & objections to the authorisation of GMOs
ENVI News 04 November 2024: Confirmation Hearings from 4 to 12 November 2024
ENVI News 3 October: NGTs, Clean Transition Dialogues update, Plastic Treaty and CBD COP16
ENVI News 23 September: Exchanges of views with the Hungarian Presidency
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... substance covered by" the reporting rule and instead allow "robust summaries, similar to the approach adopted by the European Chemicals Agency" (ECHA) ...
Additionally, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)'s Member State Committee (MSC) meetings, where SVHC identification is discussed, have sessions open ...
... Chemicals Agency (ECHA) listings and, in many cases, making unvalidated safety and efficacy claims. Current biocide regulations. Understanding the ...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on May 20, 2025, that the redesigned Classification and Labeling (C&L) Inventory is now available ...
... toxic, very persistent and very mobile was officially submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). One of the main sources of TFA in the ...
The PFAS proposals submitted to the ECHA in 2023 by Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, call for a ban on all PFAS substances under ...
European Chemicals Agency's updated C&L Inventory now in ECHA CHEM offers easier access to 350000 substances, harmonized data, and new CLP hazard ...
... Chemicals Agency (ECHA) approach environmental assessments. The IUCN's ... chemical compounds, such as individual heavy metals and pesticides and their ...
Chemical. ECHA integrates classification and ...
Deadline: 2025-06-03
Approximate launch date: 05/06/2025
Deadline to register interest: 03/06/2025
In 2023 EFSA launched a project to promote the use of New Approach Methods (NAMs) into the risk assessment of pesticide residues metabolites (NAMs4PestRes) through the use of the OECD QSAR toolbox, a free available in silico tool managed by ECHA, to enhance connectivity of IUCLID and MetaPath and to implement embedded in silico models. The result will be an automated and standardized workflow for the assessment of mutagenicity (bacterial gene mutation) of pesticide residue metabolites to be implemented in a...
“This will be followed by a HFO ban from 2028/29.” A PFAS review is already underway in Europe with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and ...
... Chemicals Authority (ECHA, Helsinki; www.echa.europa.eu) or the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Washington, DC; www.epa.gov). Phthalates ...
The present document gives an overview of the recommendations from the harmonised enforcement projects coordinated by the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (the Forum). Its sole intention is to inform the interested parties on the status of recommendations from the harmonised enforcement campaigns undertaken by the Forum. Those campaigns are projects adopted for execution by the Forum. There are three types of projects: REF-projects, BEF-projects and pilot projects. The main difference between the two types is that in principle all countries of the European Economic Area participate in REF-projects while this is not necessarily the case for pilot projects.
The initial document “Recommendation of the BPC Working Groups: In situ generated active substances – Risk assessment and implications on data requirements for active substances generated in situ and their precursors” was agreed by the four BPC working groups (APCP, Efficacy, TOX and ENV WGs) in 2016 and 2017 and published on the ECHA website in 2017. At their meeting in July 2019, the Biocidal Competent Authorities agreed on the necessity to further develop recommendations also for the biocidal products of in situ generated active substances - isASs (Member State's Competent Authorities for biocidal products, 2019). Therefore, based on the collected experience with the granted approvals of isAS and the assessment of their precursors, the recommendations have been updated (version 2) and a new part on the biocidal products has been included. Current document “Recommendation of the BPC Working Groups (version 2): In situ generated active substances and their products - Information requirements and risk assessment for approval and authorisation.” was discussed in all four BPC working groups and agreed in March 2025. Principles applied to “conventional” active substances and biocidal products apply also to the isAS and their products, unless specified otherwise in this document. These recommendations are focusing on additional information needed and on the particularities in the assessment of isAS, their precursor(s) and BPs. These recommendations are intended for BPR applicants for active substance approval and authorisation of biocidal products and for evaluating Member State Competent Authorities (eCAs).
The Management Board welcomes the Annual Report 2024, fulfilling the requirements of the REACH Regulation (General Report)1 and those of the ECHA Financial Regulation (Consolidated Annual Activity Report)2. We consider that this report provides a comprehensive account of the activities carried out by ECHA during 2024, the performance of the Agency against the expected inputs, outputs and outcomes defined in the Single Programming Document 2024-20263. It also represents a fair overview of the evolution of ECHA’s budget, staffing, management, and its internal management system strategy and framework. This assessment is based on our analysis of all parts of the report, including the activities carried out, achievements, financial information, results of audits, retrospective evaluations, and the assessment of the internal control system, as well as the risks related to ECHA’s activities together with the corresponding mitigating measures.
The present document gives an overview of the recommendations from the harmonised enforcement projects coordinated by the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (the Forum). Its sole intention is to inform the interested parties on the status of recommendations from the harmonised enforcement campaigns undertaken by the Forum. Those campaigns are projects adopted for execution by the Forum. There are three types of projects: REF-projects, BEF-projects and pilot projects. The main difference between the two types is that in principle all countries of the European Economic Area participate in REF-projects while this is not necessarily the case for pilot projects.
A company based in the EU/EEA who makes or imports candles (including wax melts) needs to be aware that they may have legal obligations under EU chemicals regulations, and they need to consider these obligations before they place the candles on the EU market. Candle products are chemical mixtures under the EU regulations REACH and CLP. If a candle is classified as hazardous based on the CLP criteria (due to an added fragrance, for example), then the candle must comply with both the REACH Regulation as well as all the requirements of the CLP Regulations before it is placed on the market.
It is the strictest law to date regulating chemical substances ... substances with a new European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland.
... substances every decade, adding extra costs and paperwork to their business operations. Additionally, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will ...
... Chemicals Agency (ECHA). This also affects the use of fluoroelastomers ... chemical process technology and electrical applications. In the ...
A EU Chemicals Agency (ECHA) review of the categorization of ethanol used in disinfectants may lead to it being deemed a carcinogenic and reproductive ...
... Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and banned in the EU since 2009. Despite this, Dormex is just one on a long list of highly hazardous chemicals which ...
ECHA – Chromium (VI) restriction preparation: what you need to know · Chemicals, Webinars · ECHA – New ECHA chemical data availability system – Part ...
Rīga meeting brings together EMA, EEA, EU-OSHA, ECDC, ENISA, CEPOL, BEREC, ECHA ... chemical products, transportation, IT and cybersecurity solutions ...
Registration of chemical substances. Evaluation of the substances by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Authorization for substances that are ...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced new testing of dozens of substances, including some used in cosmetics, personal care and fragrance.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has earmarked 13 substances for assessment due to their suspected harmful effects on health and the environment – ...
Final opinions from ECHA's scientific committees are expected in 2025, and a decision by the European Commission could follow soon thereafter. This ...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on February 26, 2025, that it has updated its annual statistics on evaluation progress.
This is the second year for implementation of our current strategy statement 2024-2028. Our vision, chemical safety through science, collaboration and knowledge, has informed the actions presented here and will continue to guide us as we deliver our strategy over the next four years. At the core of implementing our strategic goals is our legal mandate and the protection of health and the environment through our work on chemical safety. We will continue to implement our legal mandate by providing transparent, independent and high-quality scientific opinions and decisions, by collaborating with our EU institutional partners and Member States as well as industry and NGO stakeholders and by sharing and advancing knowledge and understanding on chemical safety.
Guidance for the application of the criteria covering effects on the aquatic compartment was developed by OECD and incorporated as Annexes 9 and 10 in the ‘Globally Harmonised System of classification and labelling of chemicals (UN GHS)’ (Fourth revised edition, 2011, https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_rev04/English/ST-SG-AC1030-Rev4e.pdf). The text in part 4, even more so in some of the Annexes to this chapter, is largely based on the text in UN GHS. The guidance given in Annexes 9 and 10 of UN GHS relates to substances, but not mixtures. Some parts have therefore been slightly revised to take into account recent developments and additional guidance documents provided by ECHA. Furthermore guidance on the classification of mixtures has been brought into this chapter as well as classification examples for both substances and mixtures.
Acute toxicity relates to effects occurring after a single or relatively brief exposure to a substance or mixture. The definition in CLP reflects the fact that the evidence for acute toxicity is usually obtained from animal testing. In particular, acute toxicity is usually characterised in terms of lethality and exposure times are based around those used in experimental protocols. However, classification for acute toxicity can also be based on human evidence which shows lethality following human exposure. There are different hazard classes covering effects after single or brief exposure – ‘Acute toxicity’ and ‘STOT-SE (Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single Exposure)’, skin irritation/corrosion and eye damage. These are independent of each other and may all be assigned to a substance or a mixture if the respective criteria are met. However, care should be taken not to assign each class for the same effect, essentially giving a multiple classification, even where the criteria for different classes are fulfilled. In such a case the most appropriate (the most severe hazard) class should be assigned.
This new guidance series re-presents the ‘Parts’ of the Guidance on the Application of the CLP by presenting them as a series of separate documents for ease of use. Besides this overview document, this new CLP Guidance series contains as separate guidance documents: Part 1: General Principles for Classification and Labelling (Including Annex I: Collection of Internet links for the users of the Guidance) Part 2: Physical Hazards (Including Annex I: Relation between Transport and CLP classification regarding Physical Hazards) Part 3: Health Hazards (Including Annex I: Background document to the guidance for setting specific concentration limits for substances classified for reproductive toxicity according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008) Part 4: Environmental Hazards and Part 5: Additional Hazards (Including Annexes: I. Aquatic Toxicity II. Rapid Degradation III. Bioacumulation IV. Metals and Inorganic Metal Compounds
The purpose of this chapter is to give some general guidance with respect to the classification of physical hazards, the generation of test data and their interpretation. The general principles of the classification process are explained Part 1 section 1.1.3, so this section refers to physical hazard specificities. Test methods for physical hazards are referred to in each physical hazard class chapter of CLP. Most of these test methods can be found in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria11 (UN-MTC), see the website http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/manual/manual_e.html. A few of these test methods are contained in standards which are also referred to in CLP (see particularly flammable gases, oxidising gases and flammable liquids). When test results, based on other methods or standards (which are not referred to in CLP) are available, then these data may still be used, provided they are adequate for the purpose of hazard determination. Expert judgement is necessary to conclude whether there is sufficient documentation to assess the suitability of the test method used, and whether the test was carried out using an acceptable level of quality assurance and thus on the adequacy of such data for the purposes of classification according to CLP. Please note that in practice the physical hazards of a substance or mixture may differ from those shown by tests, e.g., in case of certain ammonium-nitrate-based compounds (explosive / oxidising properties) and certain halogenated hydrocarbons (flammable properties). Such experience must be taken into account for the purpose of classification (CLP, Article 12(a)). The information available or generated must be checked to determine if it is directly comparable to the respective hazard criteria and if it is, then it can be used to derive the classification immediately. Where the criteria cannot be directly applied to the available data, expert judgement should be used for the evaluation of the available information in a weight of evidence determination (CLP, Article 9(3) and CLP Annex I, section 1.1.1.).
This document is a comprehensive technical and scientific guidance on the application of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures10, hereafter referred to as CLP.CLP amended the Dangerous Substance Directive 67/548/EEC (DSD), the Dangerous Preparations Directive 1999/45/EC (DPD) and Regulation (EC) No 1907/200613 (REACH), and repealed DSD and DPD from 1 June 2015 (CLP Article 61). CLP was implemented based on the United Nations’ Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN GHS) without lowering the protection of human health and the environment, compared to the classification, labelling and packaging system in DSD and DPD. The implementation of GHS into CLP followed various declarations made by the Community to confirm its intention to contribute to GHS development and to implement GHS into EU law.A core principle of CLP is self-classification of a substance or mixture by the manufacturer, importer or downstream user (CLP Article 4(3) and Recital 17), which involves identification of the hazards of the substance or mixture followed by classification as a result of the comparison of the hazard information with the criteria in CLP. This guidance will enable industry to self-classify chemicals and to provide appropriate hazard communication information to the target populations potentially handling the substance or mixture or exposed to it. For substances of particular concern (carcinogens, mutagens, substances toxic for reproduction (CMRs) and respiratory sensitisers) or for other substances where EU-wide action is needed, CLP sets out a system for formal harmonisation of classifications at EU level
Fertilisers may contain contaminants/impurities or intentionally added substances of concern that can impact human health and the environment, e.g., through contamination of groundwater, surface water and drinking water, accumulation in crops or animal stock, etc. Such contaminants/impurities and intentionally added substances of concern are partly addressed in the new Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 that sets requirements for the different categories of products. Not all potential contaminants/impurities or intentionally added substances of concern are indeed covered. In addition, the Fertilising Products Regulation does not cover fertilising products marketed under national rules. In case considered necessary to address certain identified risks for human health and/or the environment, the idea is to assess whether the REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals) could be used. Previous activities being carried out by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in the field of fertilisers (e.g., preparation of the Annex XV dossier for the restriction of calcium cyanamide) have raised some questions on how a regulatory management option analysis (RMOA) and analysis of alternatives (AOA) could be best conducted. Under that context, The European Commission – Directorate General Environment commissioned this study to Arcadis and Arcadia International E.E.I.G. together with DHI and Michel Vander Straeten Consulting Services. The study has three separated but interlinked objectives: 1) To assess the presence of contaminants/impurities in fertilisers and to produce a pre-RMOA and a pre-Annex XV dossier for the ones presenting potential risks to human health and the environment (Task 1). 2) To identify potential fertilisers of concern as a result of the effects of their constituents or their degradation products on the environment, including contamination of natural resources, or on human health via the environment; and to assess the possibilities for substitution (Task 2); and 3) To assess the challenges of an analysis of alternatives for fertilisers (Task 3).
The general rule is that only one bridging principle can be applied per hazard class evaluated for the untested mixture. The ECHA Guidance on the application of the CLP criteria6 states that: “[..] only one bridging principle could be applied in the evaluation of a hazard class with the exception of aerosols, where a mixture classified based on another bridging principle is used in an aerosol container. However, different bridging principles may apply to different hazard classes [..]”. Due to the similarity requirements of the bridging principle ‘substantially similar mixtures’ for the composition of the two concerned mixtures i.e. identity of ingredients and concentrations any approach that leads to apply more than one bridging principle per hazard class cannot be implemented by duty holders and such approach constitutes a breach with existing rules for the bridging principle ‘substantially similar mixtures. For example, applying the bridging principle ‘dilution’ for a defined sub-set of ingredients from the mixture composition together with the bridging principle ‘substantially similar mixtures’ is not possible.
A company based in the EU/EEA who makes or imports candles (including wax melts) needs to be aware that they may have legal obligations under EU chemicals regulations, and they need to consider these obligations before they place the candles on the EU market. Candle products are chemical mixtures under the EU regulations REACH and CLP. If a candle is classified as hazardous based on the CLP criteria (due to an added fragrance, for example), then the candle must comply with both the REACH Regulation as well as all the requirements of the CLP Regulations before it is placed on the market.
This document is the Guidance on the Application of the CLP Criteria. It is a comprehensive technical and scientific document on the application of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), which replaced the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/EEC (DSD) and the Dangerous Preparations Directive 1999/45/EC (DPD) in a staggered way. CLP is based on the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and is implementing the provisions of the GHS within the EU. The objective of this document is to provide detailed guidance on the application of the CLP criteria for physical, health and environmental hazards. The guidance is developed to primarily assist manufacturers, importers and downstream users in applying the classification and labelling criteria, and it also includes practical examples. It is also assumed to be the guidance on classification and labelling for Competent Authorities in the Member States (MS CA), for the Commission services and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
The present document gives an overview of the legal provisions covered by the harmonised enforcement projects coordinated by the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (the Forum). Its sole intention is to inform the interested parties on the various articles of the REACH, CLP, PIC, POPs and Biocidal Product Regulations covered up to now by the harmonised enforcement campaigns undertaken by the Forum. Those campaigns are projects adopted for execution by the Forum. There are 3 types of projects: REF-projects, BEF-projects and pilot projects. The main difference between the two types is that in principle all countries of the European Economic Area participate in REF-projects while this is not necessarily the case for pilot projects. An enforcement campaign is to be understood as inspecting duty holders to investigate if they comply with selected legal provisions and enforce compliance where necessary.
This document describes how to name and identify a substance under REACH and CLP. It is part of a series of guidance documents that are aimed to help all stakeholders with their preparation for fulfilling their obligations under the REACH and CLP Regulations. These documents cover detailed guidance for a range of essential REACH and CLP processes as well as for some specific scientific and/or technical methods that industry or authorities need to make use of under REACH and CLP.
The present document gives an overview of the legal provisions covered by the harmonised enforcement projects coordinated by the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (the Forum). Its sole intention is to inform the interested parties on the various articles of the REACH, CLP, PIC, POPs and Biocidal Product Regulations covered up to now by the harmonised enforcement campaigns undertaken by the Forum. Those campaigns are projects adopted for execution by the Forum. There are 3 types of projects: REF-projects, BEF-projects and pilot projects. The main difference between the two types is that in principle all countries of the European Economic Area participate in REF-projects while this is not necessarily the case for pilot projects. An enforcement campaign is to be understood as inspecting duty holders to investigate if they comply with selected legal provisions and enforce compliance where necessary.
This document describes how to name and identify a substance under REACH and CLP. It is part of a series of guidance documents that are aimed to help all stakeholders with their preparation for fulfilling their obligations under the REACH and CLP Regulations. These documents cover detailed guidance for a range of essential REACH and CLP processes as well as for some specific scientific and/or technical methods that industry or authorities need to make use of under REACH and CLP.