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e-News - 12 March 2014

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Registration

Improve your dossier – new web section and Dossier Quality Assistant now available

ECHA continues to develop ways to support registrants in improving the quality of their registrations. A new version of the Dossier Quality Assistant is now available to help registrants find potential inconsistencies in their dossiers. In addition, a new section has been published on ECHA's website where registrants can easily find concrete information to improve their dossiers.

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ECHA next week

33rd MB meeting
19 March 2014
   

Wanted: SME examples for EuroNews business magazine

ECHA is looking for practical examples from small and medium-sized enterprises that have succeeded in turning REACH legal obligations into business opportunities – through substitution, product/process changes or innovative business strategies.

If you know of such examples, we are inviting you to share them with us. Positive examples give recognition for the work carried out by industry to achieve high standards of chemical safety and support firms that are new to the legislation to comply with it. Practical examples from industry are the most wanted stories by ECHA news readers and are of interest to prepare a feature on REACH by EuroNews TV.

Send your suggestions by 31 March to SMEstories (at) echa.europa.eu  and we will come back to you.

Euronews Business Planet magazine

New image gallery launched on the ECHA website

You can now browse and download high resolution images for media use from our newly revamped and more user-friendly image gallery. Please remember to mention the source of the images 'Copyright European Chemicals Agency' if you use them.

Image gallery

Media briefing presentations available online

ECHA held a media briefing on 6 March 2013 looking at REACH and its impact on business. The presentations from ECHA are now available on our website.

Presentations

Registry of Intentions updated

SVHC
Four new submitted SVHC intentions have been published in the Registry of Intentions. Denmark has withdrawn an SVHC intention for Sodium perborate. It has been included in the submitted SVHC intention for Perboric acid, sodium salt (EC 234-390-0).

Submitted SVHC intentions

CLH
Two new intentions and five new submissions for harmonised classification and labelling have been added to the Registry of Intentions.

The new intentions are: Silver zinc zeolite and 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde.
The new submissions are: Terbuthylazine, chlorsulfuron, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide; deet, glass fibres of representative composition and E-glass fibres of representative composition.
A CLH proposal for 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde has been withdrawn by the dossier submitter. The dossier submitter intends to include results from a study requested under CoRAP in a revised CLH proposal. This substance has been included in the list of CLH intentions.

CLH intentions

Restriction
A new restriction intention has been published in the Registry of Intentions.
Germany, in cooperation with Norway, plans to submit an Annex XV Restriction dossier on Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by 17 October 2014.

Restriction proposal intentions

  Events

Fifth seminar on applications for authorisation - 28-29 April 2014 - Apply before 14 March

From 28 to 29 April 2014, ECHA will host a new edition of this event which already took place in the three previous years. The aim is to raise the overall understanding of potential applicants on the authorisation application procedure through presentations, discussions and feedback from industry.

The application process for selecting participants will close at the end of this week. Those who wish to participate are urged to do so before the end of business on Friday 14 March.

More information

First workshop on applications for authorisation - 29-30 April 2014 - Apply before 14 March

From 29 to 30 April 2014, ECHA will organise a workshop for stakeholders with an advanced knowledge on the authorisation process. They comprise companies who have prepared or are in the process of preparing an application. The focus for this workshop will be on sharing experience between previous and future applicants and for ECHA to get feedback on the workability of the application process.

The application process for selecting participants will close at the end of this week. Those who wish to participate are urged to do so before the end of business on Friday 14 March.

More information

Material available online: ECHA Guidance for downstream users – the essentials

5 March

A major update of the Guidance for Downstream Users was published in December 2013. This webinar outlines the structure, the main content of each section and the significant changes in the Guidance. It aims to help readers to quickly find information in the Guidance that is relevant for their needs. Together with the material, you will also find an interactive map to support you in finding key information for downstream user on the ECHA Website.

Material

What applicants need to know about technical equivalence and chemical similarity – Register now

21 March, 11:00 – 13:00 EET, GMT +2

The first biocides webinar describes the technical equivalence and chemical similarity processes and explains their differences. It also gives advice to applicants on how to get the technical equivalence/chemical similarity of their active substance assessed. ECHA invites participants to send questions in advance to: echa-events (at) echa.europa.eu.

Register

How to ensure the safe use of nanomaterials under REACH – Part III: Exposure and risk assessment

31 March, 11:00 – 13:00 EET, GMT +2

This webinar provides feedback to registrants on how to submit information on chemical substances in the technical dossier to ECHA in compliance with REACH.

Register
Ongoing consultations
Testing
proposals

Start: 31 January 2014
Deadline: 17 March 2014
14 testing proposals

Start: 18 February 2014
Deadline: 4 April 2014
68 testing proposals

Start: 3 March 2014
Deadline: 17 April 2014
36 testing proposals
Identification of substances of very high concern

Start: 3 March 2014
Deadline: 17 April 2014
4 substances
Draft recommendation of substances for the Authorisation List

No ongoing consultations
Harmonised classification and labelling

Start: 4 February 2014
Deadline: 21 March 2014
Two CLH proposals

Start: 11 February 2014
Deadline: 28 March 2014
One CLH proposal

Start: 5 March 2014
Deadline: 22 April 2014
Three CLH proposals
Restrictions

Start: 18 September 2013
Deadline: 18 March 2014
Two restriction proposals

Start: 17 December 2013
Deadline: 17 June 2014
One restriction proposal
Applications for authorisation

Start: 12 February 2014
Deadline: 9 April 2014
16 consultations
Biocides consultation

Start: 10 February 2014
Deadline: 11 April 2014
Six consultations
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