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26 June

Public consultation on inclusion of new substances in the Authorisation List

ECHA launches a public consultation on its draft recommendation of six new substances to be included in the Authorisation List. Interested parties are invited to submit comments by 23 September 2013.

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ECHA updates the Candidate List for authorisation with six new substances of very high concern (SVHCs)

ECHA's Member State Committee (MSC) has unanimously agreed to identify six new substances as SVHCs. These six substances are added to the Candidate List for authorisation. The Candidate List now contains 144 substances.

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ECHA next week

Adhoc meeting of the competent authorities for REACH and CLP
2-3 July 2013

 

Job opportunities

Open positions
Seconded national experts

 
 

Nearly 300 participants took part in ECHA's first Biocides Stakeholders' Day - further 1 300 followed online

The presentations of yesterday's Biocides Stakeholders' Day are now available on ECHA's website. The video recording of the event will be published later.

For those who attended the event either in person or via web-streaming, you can give your feedback by filling out a short feedback questionnaire.

New webpages on biocides have been published in English. They explain the main processes of the regulation, such as the active substance approval, product authorisation, data sharing and technical equivalence. The pages will be translated to all EU languages in autumn. A leaflet highlighting the main changes introduced by the Biocidal Products Regulation is also available in 23 languages.

Presentations | New Biocides web pages | Biocides Leaflet | Give feedback

 

Biocides fee regulation published in the Official Journal

The European Commission has adopted a regulation laying down the fees and charges payable to ECHA concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013

One new intention for SVHC has been added to the Registry of Intentions

Registry of Intentions

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

Registry of Intentions

Events

Follow the REACH Review workshop live

27 June 2013

The European Commission hosts a full day workshop to present the main findings of its report on the operation of REACH and to discuss priorities for actions, to follow-up on the report's recommendations. The workshop aims to discuss with the stakeholders some of the report's main recommendations and possibilities for concrete actions. The event will be broadcast live online.

Agenda | Webstream

'IUCLID 5.5 basics' webinar presentations and video recordings now available online


The webinar presents the basic concepts of IUCLID and gives an introduction to the new features of IUCLID 5.5.

Presentations and recordings

Consultations

Testing
proposals

Deadline: 8 July
3 testing proposals

Deadline: 29 July
2 testing proposals

Identification of substances of very high concern

No ongoing consultations

Draft recommendation of substances for the Authorisation List

Deadline: 23 September
6 substances on draft 5th recommendation

Harmonised classification and labelling

Deadline: 28 June
2 CLH proposals

Deadline: 22 July
2 CLH proposals

Restrictions

Deadline: 21 September
1 restriction proposal

 

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