Webinars

Webinars are information sessions hosted online, and consisting of presentations, video and other interactive features such as questions and answers, desktop sharing and audio conferencing. Up to one thousand participants can remotely join a webinar at once.

A registration link will be available for each individual webinar closer to the event date and all webinars, including a webinar programme and registration link will be announced in ECHA's weekly e-News.

The webinar programme is subject to change. Exact dates will be confirmed as they become available.

Each webinar will be recorded and later published on the ECHA website.

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Poison centres: getting prepared to notify your hazardous mixtures
11/12/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

This online information session gives you the latest information for getting prepared with your notifications to poison centres. We will explain what you need to do step by step to prepare and submit your notifications and also give you the chance to ask questions from our live panel of experts.

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ECHA poison centres website

Date
11/12/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2
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New and improved IUCLID: what changes
31/10/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

A new major version of IUCLID will be made available at the end of October.

IUCLID 6.3 will feature, in addition to the interface you already know, a completely new user interface that runs in a standard web browser, with no need to install any other software. The new interface provides a more streamlined user-experience, whilst still containing the basic IUCLID features needed to prepare a REACH, CLP or BPR dossier.

It also brings changes to the IUCLID format including the latest OECD harmonised templates, specific elements for microorganism datasets and support for European poison centre notifications.

Join this webinar to find out about the changes and use the opportunity to ask questions from our experts.

More about the new IUCLID >>

Recording

Date
31/10/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EET, GMT +2
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Information session on changes in dossier evaluation
19/09/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3

 

Description

As of 1 January 2019, we will start checking the compliance of all relevant dossiers for a given substance and will address decisions to all registrants with non-compliant dossiers. This is a change from the current practice of addressing mainly lead registrants. Similarly, we will address our decisions on testing proposals to those registrants who plan to use a proposed test to fulfill their information requirement.

This information session presented the changes and gave participants the chance to ask questions.

Date
19/09/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3
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Endocrine disruptors and biocides: what you need to know
19/06/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3

 

Description

The criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting properties for biocides apply from 7 June. This webinar explains the scope of the criteria and how authorities are using them to assess biocides. We also go through the main advice in the newly published guidance on endocrine disruptors.

Date
19/06/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3
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REACH 2018 questions and answers - last minute advice
17/05/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3

 

Description

Are you preparing to register for the 31 May 2018 REACH deadline? Do you have questions about preparing and submitting your registration dossier? Join our last minute advice, questions and answers session, where you can ask our expert panel about all aspects of registration, from knowing your portfolio and finding your co-registrants to preparing and submitting your registration dossier.

More about REACH 2018

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Date
17/05/2018
11:00 - 13:00 EEST, GMT +3
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Poison centres: using the UFI for your products and mixtures
26/04/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EEST, GMT +3

 

Description

This webinar explains what the unique formula identifier (UFI) is and how it can be used. It also describes available tools and support for generating and using the UFI for hazardous and non-hazardous mixtures. We will give you practical examples of different ways for using the UFI and you have the chance to ask questions from our experts.

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Timing

Title

Speaker

11:00

Introduction

Heidi Rasikari, ECHA

11:05

What is a UFI?

Heidi Rasikari, ECHA

11:20

Creating and using the UFI

Daniel Sompolski, ECHA

11:40

Managing your UFI

Daniele Ape, ECHA

11:55

Conclusions

Daniele Ape, ECHA

Date
26/04/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EEST, GMT +3
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REACH 2018 questions and answers - everything you want to know about registering successfully
19/04/2018
11:00 - 12:30 EEST, GMT +3

 

Description

Are you preparing to register for the 31 May 2018 REACH deadline? Do you have questions about preparing and submitting your registration dossier? Join our questions and answers session where you can ask our expert panel about all aspects of registration, from knowing your portfolio and finding your co-registrants to preparing and submitting your registration dossier.

More about REACH 2018 

Watch our REACH 2018 webinars 

Date
19/04/2018
11:00 - 12:30 EEST, GMT +3
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Tools to support substitution to safer chemicals
18/04/2018
15:00 - 16:30

 

Description

Successful substitution requires tools to help you find the most suitable methods for framing your substitution project and analysing available alternatives. They can also support you in finding relevant substance data and partners. This webinar will give you an overview of some of the available tools to help you make the transition to safer chemicals.

ECHA strategy to promote substitution to safer chemicals

More about substitution on the ECHA website

Agenda

Timing

Title

Speaker

15:00

Introduction and ECHA's strategy to support substitution to safer chemicals

Adam Elwan, ECHA

15:15

Landscape of methods and tools to support transition to safer chemicals: lessons learned

Joel Tickner & Molly Jacobs, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

15:30

Demonstration of the OECD Substitution and Alternatives Assessment Toolbox

Emily Connor, Abt Associates

15:45

ChemSec Marketplace: dating site for safer alternatives

Jerker Ligthart, ChemSec

16:00

Using ECHA's data to support substitution

Eoin Brennan, ECHA

16:15

Conclusions

Adam Elwan, ECHA

Date
18/04/2018
15:00 - 16:30
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REACH 2018: Completeness check – preparing a registration dossier and the most common failures
15/03/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

This webinar is relevant to any company preparing a REACH registration dossier. It focuses on manual checks performed by ECHA as part of the completeness check and the most common failures. You will receive advice on how to avoid these failures to prepare a registration dossier that can be successfully submitted. You can send your questions to our experts throughout the webinar. Note that we cannot answer questions on specific submissions - you can send those to us using our contact form.

Timing Title Speaker
11:00 Introduction Sandra Murras, ECHA
11:05 Completeness check process Mariia Aleksanian, ECHA
11:15 Validation assistant Mariia Aleksanian, ECHA
11:25 Manual checks and most common failures Ella Laakkonen, ECHA
11:45 Frequently asked questions and support Laura Lee, ECHA
11:55 Conclusions Sandra Murras, ECHA
12:00-13:00 Time reserved for answering unanswered questions  
Date
15/03/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2
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Call for evidence on possible restriction of microplastics
12/03/2018
11:00 - 12:30 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

This information session is intended to clarify the scope and answer your questions related to the call for evidence for the possible restriction on intentionally added microplastics in products of any kind.

The session is targeted at stakeholders planning to provide relevant information for the preparation of the restriction proposal. The call for evidence is open until 11 May 2018.

The session is open-to-all. The maximum capacity is 1 000 participants. 

The most frequently asked questions and their answers will be published on this page after the event.

Media are invited to send their enquiries to press [at] echa.europa.eu.

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Further information

Call for evidence

ECHA to consider restrictions on the use of oxo-plastics and microplastics, ECHA news 17 January 2018

Q&A from the online information session

Date
12/03/2018
11:00 - 12:30 EET, GMT +2
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REACH 2018: Last minute advice to registrants
08/03/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

Join this webinar to get last minute advice on how to successfully submit your REACH registration dossier and take the opportunity to ask questions directly from our experts.

Agenda

Timing

Title

Speaker

11:00

1. Introduction

Alexis Quintana-Sáinz

11:05

2. Before submitting your dossier

István Mák

11:25

3. Data requirements

Kristina Laitinen

11:35

4. Get the correct invoice

Anita Etholen

11:45

5. Protect your confidential data

Éva Mák

11:55

6. Take home messages

Alexis Quintana-Sáinz

12:00

Time reserved for answering remaining questions

 

 

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Date
08/03/2018
11:00 - 12:00 EET, GMT +2
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Guided dossier preparation in IUCLID Cloud
07/02/2018
12:00 - 13:00 EET, GMT +2

 

Description

Note: Some parts of this webinar are no longer up to date. For the latest information, refer to our more recent webinars on IUCLID.

The webinar covers a feature for SMEs, launched in December 2017 that provides an alternative method for preparing IUCLID dossiers using IUCLID Cloud. This feature, named ‘Guided dossier preparation for REACH 2018’, presents an SME with a series of well-defined tasks to complete based on the type of dossier they intend to submit to us. The guided approach includes task-specific help and links to relevant guidance documents and texts.

Date
07/02/2018
12:00 - 13:00 EET, GMT +2
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How are substances shortlisted and manually screened?
01/02/2018
11:00 - 12:00

 

Description

In January every year, a number of substances are marked for manual screening by Member States. The selection aims to identify substances that may have hazardous properties and the potential for exposure to us or the environment.

This webinar explains the screening process, its timelines, and the criteria for shortlisting. It also explains how registrants can influence the manual screening process by updating their dossiers and how they can get more information on common screening.

The webinar also gives advice on how registrants should react to informative letters sent by us to all registrants of shortlisted substances.

Programme

Timing Title Speaker
11:00 Introduction Hannu Braunschweiler, ECHA
11:10 General introduction to common screening Palmi Atlason, ECHA
11:30 Grouping of substances in screening  Giovanni Bernasconi, ECHA
11:45 2018 shortlisting letter campaign: scope and expected outcome Chrystele Tissier, ECHA
12:00-13:00 Time reserved for answering unanswered questions  

 

Q&A on screening of substances of potential concern >>

Date
01/02/2018
11:00 - 12:00
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