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EkotoxInfo 04/2022

EkotoxInfo 04/2022

We encourage you to read the current news of EkotoxInfo chemical news. In the summary of last month you will find the following topics: Update of the safety data sheets by the end of 2022 Mapping of potentially harmful chemicals Summary of the March meeting of the Biocidal Products Committee Summary of the RAC and SEAC meeting New CoRAP substance…

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3 x EU REACH Reform Web Meetings – April, May 2022

3 x EU REACH Reform Web Meetings – April, May 2022

Ekotox Centers with partners invite all interested parties to join us in 3 Web Meetings concerning the EU REACH Reform proposals: April 26, 2022 – “EU REACH Registration – proposed changes” May 5, 2022 – “Evaluations under the EU REACH reform” May 24, 2022 – “EU Reform of the REACH Authorisation and Restrictions system” Presenters from European Commission and some…

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EkotoxInfo 2/2022

EkotoxInfo 2/2022

EkotoxInfo 2/2022 Ekotox Centers Ekotox Hungary Kft. (Hungary) Ekotoxikologické centrum CZ s.r.o. (Czechia) Centrum Ekotoksykologiczne Sp. z o.o. (Poland) Ekotoxikologické centrum Bratislava s.r.o. (Slovakia) February 2022 Ekotox Centers selection from EU chemicals and related legislation: Eight other substances proposed for authorization! An Act making it mandatory to report products in the SCIP database New obligations for manufacturers of reserved products…

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Majority of inspected products sold online breach EU chemicals laws

Majority of inspected products sold online breach EU chemicals laws

The European Chemicals Agency’s Enforcement Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement has finalised its eighth REACH-EN-FORCE where the compliance of certain mixtures and articles sold online were assessed. This was an EU-wide enforcement project carried out during 2020 in 29 countries of the EEA and Switzerland. When inspecting the offers of products sold online, inspectors could evaluate their compliance…

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Revision of EU REACH; Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on chemicals strategy actions

Revision of EU REACH; Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on chemicals strategy actions

INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT – Revision of EU legislation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals – was published 04 May 2021. The European Green Deal sets out the ambition to reach zero pollution for a toxic-free environment. As part of this ambition, the chemicals strategy for sustainability announces actions to better protect people and the environment against hazardous chemicals and to…

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3.2.2021 – the use of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) in textiles that are meant for consumers and placed on EU market is limited

3.2.2021 – the use of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) in textiles that are meant for consumers and placed on EU market is limited

Entry 46a Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) (C2H4O)nC15H24O Conditions of restriction 1. Shall not be placed on the market after 3 February 2021 in textile articles which can reasonably be expected to be washed in water during their normal lifecycle, in concentrations equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of that textile article or of each part of the textile…

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EU Inspections to Control the REACH Authorisation Duties 2021

EU Inspections to Control the REACH Authorisation Duties 2021

Inspectors will check whether the SVHCs subject to authorisation that have been placed on the market have been granted an authorisation by the European Commission. They will also check whether uses of these substances comply with the conditions set in the authorisation decisions. The inspections will be carried out in collaboration with national customs and authorities responsible for occupational safety…

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The Candidate List of substances of very high concern now contains 211 chemicals

The Candidate List of substances of very high concern now contains 211 chemicals

Candidate List updated with two chemicals that are toxic for reproduction ECHA News 19.1.2021 https://echa.europa.eu/sk/-/candidate-list-updated-with-two-chemicals-that-are-toxic-for-reproduction Substances added to the Candidate List on 19 January 2021: EC No.                 CAS No.              Substance name 205-594-7           143-24-8              Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl)ether; –                            –                            Dioctyltin dilaurate, stannane, dioctyl-, bis(coco acyloxy) derivs., and any other stannane, dioctyl-, bis(fatty acyloxy) derivs. wherein C12 is the predominant carbon number…

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