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Missed our Stakeholders' Day? Play it back

Watch a video recording of our Stakeholders' Day held on 4-5 April. 200 people joined us in Helsinki to get advice on the REACH 2018 registration deadline and on improving supply chain communication. You can also download the presentations. A video recording of the IT tool training will be available soon.

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REACH

Annual evaluation report - translated summary now available

The recommendations of ECHA’s annual evaluation report are now available in 23 languages on our website.

Evaluation report 2016

Intention to restrict substances

An intention was withdrawn by Norway:

Further arsenic compounds (EC -; CAS -).

Withdrawn SVHC intentions and submissions

Committees’ opinions on applications for authorisation available

The consolidated opinions of the Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-economic Analysis are available on our website for:

one use of bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether (Diglyme) (EC 203-924-4; CAS 111-96-6) by Bracco Imaging s.p.a;
one use of chromium trioxide (EC 215-607-8; CAS 1333-82-0) by CIRCUIT FOIL LUXEMBOURG SARL; and
one use of arsenic acid (EC 500-036-1; CAS 25214-70-4) by CIRCUIT FOIL LUXEMBOURG SARL.

Adopted opinions

Biocides

What biocidal substances can be used to treat products?

Do you market treated articles? For example paints that contain an in-can preservative or sofas where the fabric has been treated with a preservative? We have published a list of those biocides (active substances in different product-types) that can continue to be used to treat articles. According to the Biocidal Products Regulation, you can only market articles that are treated with active substances which are either of low risk, have been approved, or were included in the EU approval process by the deadline of September 2016 and are waiting to be approved for your product-type. If your article is treated with a substance that is not approved, it should be removed from the market.

Substances allowed | Low risk substances | Product-types | Background

Downstream users

Learn about REACH and CLP while networking with other downstream users

The 'Users of chemicals' LinkedIn page can help you understand how the REACH and CLP regulations affect you. Help spread the word by sharing the news with your network. You can also discuss on Twitter @EU_ECHA using the hashtag #UsersOfChemicals.

LinkedIn Users of chemicals

Guidance

New drafts for REACH guidance updates available

The following new draft for updated ECHA guidance on REACH has been sent for the next consultation step:

Guidance on requirements for substances in articles (version 4.0), sent for CARACAL consultation.

The document has been uploaded to the ongoing guidance consultations web page.

Importers, producers and other suppliers of articles may be interested in already viewing this document.

Guidance on requirements for substances in articles

Events

Webinar: Completeness check - preparing a registration dossier that can be successfully submitted
20 April, 11:00 to 12:00 Helsinki time (EEST, GMT +3)

The webinar features an overview of the completeness check process, how to use the Validation Assistant to make sure your dossier is technically compliant as well as some common cases and available support for registrants.

This webinar is relevant for any company preparing a REACH registration dossier.

Programme and registration

REACH 2018 SME workshop in Vienna – presentations and videos available

The presentations and video recordings from the March REACH 2018 SME workshop are now available on the event website.

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Seminar on 10 years of REACH Litigation

Welcome to Helsinki on Wednesday 24 May 2017 for our REACH Litigation Seminar on the occasion of REACH’s 10-year anniversary. This one-day seminar is aimed at lawyers and is organised jointly by ECHA and the Board of Appeal of ECHA. The seminar will discuss the similarities and differences in the European Courts’ and the Board of Appeal’s work on REACH over the past 10 years, mainly from the angle of procedure and scope of review.

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