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22 harmful chemicals added to PIC - exporters must notify from July

EU exporters are now required to notify their intention to export 22 chemicals following an amendment to the PIC Regulation. The amendment also bans the export of four chemicals. The update was published on 20 April 2022 and will start to apply on 1 July 2022.

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REACH

European Commission advances work on restrictions of harmful chemicals

The European Commission has published its Restrictions Roadmap. The roadmap is an important step forward to provide detailed information on all ongoing work on future restrictions under REACH.

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Only representatives must declare their non-EU manufacturers

Only representatives must identify the non-EU manufacturers they represent and provide their contact information by 14 October 2022. If you need to reorganise your REACH-IT accounts, our new manual can help you.

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Feedback on robust study summaries in hazard assessment published

We have published a report collecting feedback from stakeholders on the role of robust study summaries in assessing chemical hazards. Registrants provide robust study summaries in their registrations to summarise the objectives, methods, results and conclusions of full study reports in order to demonstrate their substances are safe to use.

This report is part of an ongoing project, in collaboration with the OECD, that aims to assess the reliability of robust study summaries and increase trust in their use. A final report with recommendations for improvement will be published in 2023.

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Webinar: New developments and regulatory applications of the OECD QSAR Toolbox

28 April 2022, 14:00-16:30 Helsinki time (EEST, GMT +3)

Join our webinar tomorrow introducing the QSAR Toolbox. We will give practical advice on how to use its new features as well as an overview of planned developments.

You can join the webinar from our home page.

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A new version of REACH-IT released

Changes to Annex VI to REACH have brought a new requirement for only representatives to provide information on the non-EU manufacturers they represent.

When you log into REACH-IT, you will be asked to declare whether or not your company acts as an only representative. Only representatives will be asked to identify their non-EU manufacturers.

If the REACH-IT account is not used for only representative purposes, no further actions are required.

Other changes to REACH-IT include:

a step where the system calculates and warns the user of the registrations and C&L notifications that would be annulled in a legal entity change; and
from 5 May 2022, registrants will be able to export a report of all registrations.

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IUCLID update available

The April 2022 release of IUCLID 6 is now available. It contains fixes and improvements for all users and also brings technical improvements for system administrators. The next major update of IUCLID including format changes will take place in April 2023.

Join our webinar on 12 May 2022 that introduces the main changes. You can already send us your questions for the webinar and we will answer as many as possible in advance. Instructions for asking questions and joining the webinar are available on the webinar page.

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CLP

New proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

Three proposals have been submitted for:

methyldithiocarbamic acid (EC 205-632-2, CAS 144-54-7);
exo-(+/-)-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-2-[(2-methylphenyl)methoxy]-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
(EC 402-410-9, CAS 87818-31-3); and
1-[2-({[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy}methyl)-3-methylphenyl]-4-methyl-1,4-dihydro-5H-tetrazol-5-one; metyltetraprole (EC -, CAS 1472649-01-6).

Registry of CLH intentions until outcome

Consultation on harmonised classification and labelling

We are looking for comments on the harmonised classification and labelling proposals for:

2-phenylpropene (EC 202-705-0, CAS 98-83-9); and
Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, extract from open and mature flowers of Tanacetum cinerariifolium obtained with supercritical carbon dioxide (EC 289-699-3, CAS 89997-63-7) and Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, extract from open and mature flowers of Tanacetum cinerariifolium obtained with hydrocarbon solvents (EC 289-699-3,
CAS 89997-63-7). For these substances, the combined format has been used. Additional information is available on our website.

A consultation on the assessment report for pyrethrins as active substances in plant protection products is ongoing from 11 April 2022 on EFSA’s website. Comments related to the CLH proposal should be provided to ECHA and those related to the assessment report to EFSA.

Please note that compositions and manufacturing processes of pyrethrins and chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, ext. are the same. A potential alignment of names and identifiers among the two substances will be discussed during the peer review phase. The draft assessment report on EFSA's consultation web page provides additional information.

The deadline is 24 June 2022.

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Help us improve the European Product Categorisation System (EuPCS)

The next version of the European Product Categorisation System (EuPCS) is planned for April 2023.

Ahead of its release, we are launching a survey to collect feedback on how it could be improved. The survey is intended for companies and authorities and will be open until 18 May 2022.

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