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What does REACH require? The EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation (REACH) entered into force in 2007 to improve protection of human health and the environment. It can affect EU manufacturers and importers, as well as non-EU companies supplying substances, mixtures, or articles into the European Economic Area. Does every chemical need […]
On April 20, 2023, the European Union enacted the new Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707, introducing four new hazard classes to the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) regulation. This significant update impacts chemical regulatory standards and compliance requirements across the EU. New Hazard Classes Introduced Endocrine Disruptors for Human Health Endocrine Disruptors for the Environment […]
June 28, 2023 REACH-EN-FORCE The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Enforcement Forum recently announced that it will be launching another EU-wide project to inspect products sold online and their compliance with REACH restrictions and the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) regulation. The project, REACH-EN-FORCE (REF)-13, will be prepared in 2024 and will take place in 2025, […]
In late 2022, the European Commission released a proposal to incorporate three new hazards classes into the EU CLP: endocrine disruptors, PBT/vPvB chemicals, and PMT/vPvM chemicals. The proposal has now been accepted and was published in a Delegated Act in early 2023. The new hazard classes have just entered into force on April 20, 2023, […]
On March 22nd, 2023, the European Commission published a proposal outlining criteria against misleading environmental claims found on product labels. Background In March 2022 the Commission proposed to update Union consumer laws to ensure that consumers are protected and empowered to contribute actively to the green transition. However, despite the proposal the update has been […]
Just as the European market finished updating SDSs under the newly amended Annex II requirements to meet the January 1, 2023 deadline, there are more changes on the horizon for EU CLP. Back in the fall of 2022, Nexreg wrote about the new EU hazard classes being considered under the CLP GHS. This initiative is […]
Titanium Dioxide in the European Union (EU) In February 2020, the European Union (EU) Commission published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 which introduced new requirements for products containing titanium dioxide (TiO2). The delegated regulation meant that as of October 1, 2021: Titanium dioxide must be classified as a category 2 carcinogen via inhalation if titanium […]
In September the European Commission published an initiative to update the rules on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP). The commission introduces the possibility of endocrine disruptors, Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic or Very Persistent, Very Bioaccumulative (PBT/vPvB) and Persistent, Mobile and Toxic or Very Persistent, Very Mobile (PMT/vPvM) chemicals becoming official classification hazards, effectively amending the […]
Commission Regulation (EU) 2020-217, the 14th adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of the CLP introduced a new harmonized classification for certain forms of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) as a category 2 carcinogen by inhalation. This has come into force as of October 1, 2021. Classification and labelling of the substance titanium dioxide The classification Carcinogen […]
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the Commission have agreed to classify SARS-CoV-2 as a risk 3 biological agent. This classification comes with objection, primarily from the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) because they believe that the virus should be classified in the highest risk group, risk group 4, to ensure the maximum […]