REACH & CLP

... Chemical (REACH) regulation. Many PFAS chemicals are increasingly subject to global regulatory control due to the environmental and human and ...

Separately, manufacturers and importers benefiting from the active-substance derogations would report to ECHA every two years on the derogation ...

The agency's expert committees would be given the extra responsibility of supporting international cooperation on chemical safety and management, and ...

ECHA committees RAC and SEAC support a broad EU-wide restriction on PFAS. Learn what this means for chemical regulation and lab risk management.

... (ECHA) full database on chemicals and its unmatched capacity for assessing risks. The UK has struggled to seize opportunities to improve chemicals ...

The Committees' evaluations of sector-/use-specific aspects are contained in separate documents on ECHA's website. ... substance, as a constituent; a ...

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published its expert opinions in support of bloc-wide restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

The Green Deal mandates stricter chemical regulations to ensure safer consumer products and reduce environmental pollution. Next steps in the ...

Circular Economy · Climate Modelling · Food Production · Plastic Waste · Pollution · PFAS · PFAS in the USA. Featured Publication. Canada and Horizon ...

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Development of adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) can support the implementation of the EFSA–ECHA Guidance (2018) for identifying endocrine disruptors under EU Regulations 528/2012 and 1107/2009. However, their regulatory utility depends on them being fully developed and OECD‐endorsed, and in many cases their incorporation into more extensive AOP networks (AOPNs).

Particularly in the paints and coatings industry, where PFAS play a key role owing to their water-, dirt- and chemical-repellent properties, the ...

2018China TaiwanToxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act ... ECHA's Risk Assessment Committee Adopts Opinion on PFAS Restriction Proposal.

RAC is one of two scientific committees responsible for assessing EU chemical restrictions under the REACH regulation and evaluates risks to human ...

ECHA notes that RAC drew on “an extensive and independent ... All Things Chemical - Global Trade Dynamics: Chemical Industry Insights ...

New rules under the CLP Regulation and fresh substance evaluations affect coatings manufacturers and formulators across Europe. ECHA's latest Weekly ( ...

... substance for biocidal uses. Following this, the broader and more consequential debate on ethanol's potential reclassification will shift into the ...

Chesar Platform is an application developed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to support companies in carrying out their chemical risk assessments and document them, serving both the REACH and Biocidal Products regulations.

EU REACH regulations also require ECHA notification if a substance on ... SGS chemical testing. SGS offers a comprehensive range of testing ...

The EFSA Stakeholder Workshop on Genotoxicity Guidance Revision was held on 3‐4 November 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The event aimed to inform stakeholders about the ongoing revision of EFSA's genotoxicity guidance framework and gather input on key scientific aspects, including the testing strategy, integration of new approach methodologies (NAMs), quantitative genotoxicity assessment and genotoxicity assessment of mixtures. The Workshop featured presentations from EFSA, sister agencies (ECHA, EMA), the European Commission (EC), OECD, as well as stakeholders from industry and academia.

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ECHA Forum's pilot enforcement project found that 19 % of the ... Chemical Parks: Strengthening India's chemical manufacturing · Select and ...

This document describes the information requirements under REACH Regulation with regard to substance properties, exposure, use and risk management measures, and the chemical safety assessment. 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 Regulation. These documents cover detailed guidance for a range of essential REACH processes as well as for some specific scientific and/or technical methods that industry or authorities need to make use of under the REACH Regulation.

Substance name, EC/List number, CAS number ; n-hexane, 203-777-6, 110-54-3 ; 4,4′-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethylidene]diphenol and its salts ...

... chemical safety and the protection of health and the environment. ECHA's ability to adapt and remain future‑ready will be achieved with this new ...

Products containing over 0.1% of either substance must be disclosed, reported, and lose EU Ecolabel eligibility. The move increases pressure on ...

The REACH regulation applies to all chemical substances, not just industrial, and affects most companies across the EU. The regulation establishes a ...

If a substance is on this list, companies cannot use it unless they apply for authorisation and the European Commission authorises its continued use.

Substance name, EC number, CAS number, Reason for inclusion, Examples of uses. n-hexane. 203-777-6, 110-54-3, Specific target organ toxicity after ...

We are pleased to present the Single Programming Document 2026–2028 and the annual work programme 2026. These documents reflect our expanded legal mandate as well as the third year implementing our 2024-2028 strategy goals and priorities. Our commitment to protecting human health and the environment through independent, transparent and high-quality science remains constant, even as the landscape of EU chemicals regulation continues to evolve and priorities such as simplification and competitiveness come to the fore.

... toxic (PBT), or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB). The Commission added that the list of substances, which are set to be banned in ...

The EU has added 15 prohibited substances and two restricted substances to its updated list of chemical ingredients recently classified as a CMR.

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ECHA commissioned an EU Observatory for Nanomaterials study on ... Hutton, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. - Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies ...

“As the central actor on chemical knowledge and expertise in the Union, the ECHA is in a key position to identify further scientific research and ...

ECHA expands responsibilities under OSOA package, strengthening EU chemical safety through integrated data, collaboration, science-based ...

ECHA expands under EU OSOA, streamlining chemical assessments, boosting collaboration, and enhancing health and environmental safety.

Moeve and Pretium Renovables are partnering to develop a potential six new biomethane plants in Spain · ECHA takes charge of EU's new chemical safety ...

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On December 17, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of 19 new substance testing proposals and invited public ...

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) REACH Substance Database and Regulatory Updates https://echa ... chemical legislation, including substance ...

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment by assigning hazardous substances to hazard classes. The current report is the first ever communication by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on related key regulatory concepts and process numerical outcomes, with the main focus on aquatic hazards under CLP Annex I, Part 4.1. The historical evolution of the European Legislation for classification and labelling will be described, as well as the different steps and actors in the regulatory processing of proposals for harmonised classification by ECHA that have been submitted since 2009. This report will present the results of a data mining exercise, where information on biotic and abiotic degradation, aquatic bioaccumulation and aquatic toxicity that has entered the regulatory process has been extracted and further analysed. The key outcomes from the ECHA-run regulatory process on harmonised aquatic classification will be reported for the years 2009-2024. Such outcomes are numbers of substances classified for acute and chronic hazard (and categories thereof), key statistics on the degradation and bioaccumulation of these substances, an evaluation of the influence of a substance’s function/uses and conclusions on ecotoxicological data availability and quality. The main aims of this analysis for aquatic hazards are (i) to shed light on regulatory advances and achievements under CLP (ii) to elaborate on the CLP efficiency and effectiveness as a risk management mechanism, as well as its relevance for the general public and (iii) to emphasise the need for regulatory interactions for data gap identification and prioritisation of the most hazardous substances for further chemicals risk management.

The Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (Forum) is a body of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) consisting of a network of national enforcement authorities dedicated to harmonisation of enforcement of REACH, CLP, PIC, POPs and BPR in the EU/EEA. By coordinating enforcement of these legislations the Forum protects human health and the environment, contributes to level playing field in the EU/EEA market and improves competitiveness of compliant companies. The mandate of Forum is set out in the legal text of the chemicals regulations. Under Article 77(4) of the REACH Regulation, Article 46(3) of the CLP Regulation, Article 18(2) of the PIC Regulation, Article 8(2) of the POPs Regulation and Article 76(1)(l) of the BPR the Forum is assigned tasks aiming to ensure thorough, coordinated and harmonised enforcement of the regulations in all countries within the EU/EEA. Forum’s tasks related to the BPR are carried out by its Biocidal Products Regulation Subgroup (BPRS), which addresses BPR enforcement in EU/EEA countries and Switzerland. This Work Programme sets out the Forum and BPRS priorities for the years 2026-2027 to provide steer for coordinating enforcement at the EU level. Enforcement priorities on the national level may be different, though significant degree of overlap is probable. This Work Programme ensures that new challenges and areas where compliance levels need to improve in the EU market are addressed

Article 67(1) of the REACH Regulation restricts the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain hazardous substances, mixtures and articles. The duty holders whose activities are subject to REACH restrictions should at all times be capable to check accurately and reliably if they comply with these obligations, for preventing negative impact of their activities on public health, on worker protection, on the environment, as well as on the free circulation of chemicals on the internal market. National enforcement authorities (NEAs) assess activities of the above natural and legal persons in the EU being their primary goal to detect violations of the communal acquis, for example, the restrictions enumerated in Annex XVII to REACH. In this context, the common need of all the parties is to determine accurately and reliably whether or not there is compliance with REACH restrictions. In addition, aiming at a level playing field in the EU, it is desirable that natural and legal persons are subject to a harmonised surveillance approach wherever in the EU territory. Few entries in Annex XVII to REACH specify which analytical method must be applied for checking the requirement set out in the restriction. That is why EU Member States have adopted over the past decennia analytical methods to be used by their NEAs, for those restrictions where no official analytical method is specified in the legal text

Entry 78 of Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 of 25 September 2023 (commonly known as “the microplastics restriction”), hereafter referred to as “the restriction”1, sets out reporting requirements for certain uses of synthetic polymer microparticles (SPMs) subject to a derogation. The purpose of this document is to help manufacturers, industrial downstream users and suppliers of SPM comply with the annual reporting requirements to ECHA. The reporting is done in a IUCLID format, and the dossier is submitted to ECHA via REACH-IT

On 15 December 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published its annual report on exports and imports of chemicals banned or severely ...

This revision aims to implement the "one substance, one assessment" principle, harmonize chemical risk assessment standards, improve the quality, ...

2018China TaiwanToxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act ... Highlights of ECHA's December Meeting: Progress on PFAS Restriction ...

ECHA calls for input on PFAS restrictions · ECHA launches new chemicals database · ECHA expands chemicals database to include regulatory data · About ...

In this scenario, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will assume additional responsibility for evaluating chemical hazards and providing scientific ...

ECHA states that it plans to add the substance to the Candidate List in November 2025. ECHA notes that “[b]esides the regular obligations ...

Directive reallocating chemical assessment tasks to ECHA and Regulation establishing EU chemicals data platform published in the Official Journal.

ECHA's opinion on ethanol postponed to 2026. 9th of December 2025 ... substance in hand and disinfectants without adopting an opinion. This ...

Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles

ANNEX to the Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles

Regulatory Round-Up: Toxic Dyes in Taiwan; ECHA Microplastics Reporting; Boots/Wet n Wild, Neutrogena Recalls; FDA Talc Testing; PFAS Mapping; and ...

... chemical agency. The decision was ... Even if ethanol is ultimately found to be carcinogenic and reprotoxic, ECHA said, it may still be approved.

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ECHA to add one substance to candidate list. 16 Oct 2024. The member state committee of the European Chemicals Agency has voted to list triphenyl ...

Additionally, if the active substance meets the exclusion criteria, such as being identified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, or ...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has formally recommended that the European Commission add four new substances to the REACH Authorisation ...

If a substance is added to the list, companies must obtain authorization before the specified deadline to legally sell or use it within the European ...

... melamine, into the REACH Authorisation List. If adopted by the ... 2018China TaiwanToxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act ...

Melamine was listed as a substance of very high concern in 2022 for being potentially carcinogenic, toxic to the urinary tract and the ...

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products - Presidency Explanatory Note on the Third Presidency Compromise Proposal on the CLP and Cosmetics Regulations

Omnibus VI: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products - Presentation by the Presidency on CLP Q&A

Omnibus VI: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products - Presentation by the Commission on regular REACH requirements

Ad hoc Working Party on the ECHA Basic Regulation (AHWP ECHA) - creation and mandate - Approval