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	REACH News Archiv Hier finden Sie aktuelle REACH Informationen der Europäischen Chemikalienagentur (ECHA) (nur in Englisch verfügbar) 18/12/2009 ECHA starts compliance checks of unfinished NONS dossiers The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has started to check the compliance of dossiers for substances notified before the REACH Regulation entered into force (NONS substances). The focus is on those substances produced in quantities above 100 tonnes per year for which key safety information is likely to be missing. Read on ... 18/12/2009 ECHA starts to publish information on safe use of chemicals for citizens Today, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published on its website hazard and safe-use information on chemical substances that have been registered. Over time, this growing database will permit citizens to make well informed decisions about the use of chemicals or articles containing chemicals they purchase. The information was provided by companies who manufacture or import these substances. It will be updated each time additional information is received by ECHA. Read on ... 17/12/2009 REACH TECHNICAL COMPLETENESS CHECK PLUG-IN NOW AVAILABLE ECHA has released today an IT tool to enable companies to check the completeness of their registration dossiers or notifications themselves before submitting them to the Agency. Its purpose is to help companies to prepare a complete technical dossier according to REACH Article 20. Read on ... 15/12/2009 Lead Registrant webinar on Substance Identity An ECHA webinar on substance identity will take place on 25 January 2010. It is available to all Lead Registrants. The webinar will last for up to two hours and up to 1000 Lead Registrants will be able to participate. Read on ... 14/12/2009 Forum decides on checking how formulators comply with REACH At its sixth meeting (8 - 10 December) the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement decided to focus its next joint REACH enforcement project, on formulators of mixtures who are the first level Downstream Users in the supply chain. This project is a natural continuation of the ongoing enforcement project on manufacturers and importers. Read on ... 07/12/2009 ECHA meets its stakeholders Today the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) welcomes its stakeholders to Helsinki to discuss the crucial work ahead in 2010. You can follow the discussions live by webstream. Read on ... 07/12/2009 Member State Committee agree on first reach testing decision The Member State Committee agreed unanimously on a testing proposal from ECHA which was submitted under the REACH regulation at its meeting in Helsinki on 3 December. This is the first time that the Committee has discussed such a proposal. Read on ... 07/12/2009 15 new substances of very high concern to be added to the Candidate List ECHA's Member State Committee identified today 15 new chemical substances for the Candidate List of substances of very high concern. The List will formally be updated in January 2010. Read on ... 02/12/2009 ECHA calls again for information to avoid animal tests The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is calling for information on the long-term health effects of a specific chemical substance by 11 January 2010. This is a public consultation foreseen by the REACH Regulation for testing proposals involving animals. The aim of the call is to give anyone the opportunity to submit relevant data with a view to make sure that animal testing is only conducted as a last resort when the available information is not sufficient to assess the potentially harmful effects of this chemical on human health or the environment. Read on ... 25/11/2009 REACH Substance Identity Workshop can be viewed online On 1 December the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is holding a Substance Identity Workshop in Helsinki. The aim of the workshop is to clarify key substance identity concepts under REACH. The workshop is intended mainly for industry experts responsible for preparing inquiry and registration dossiers. Read on ... 20/11/2009 REACH-IT and Helpdesk availability at year end ECHA will use the Christmas break for a major upgrading of the REACH-IT submission system, which will be closed from the lunchtime of 14 December 2009 to 3 January 2010 inclusive. The Helpdesk and ECHA’s offices will be closed from 24 December to 3 January inclusive. By lunchtime of 4 January 2010, REACH-IT will re-open and be available for submissions 24 hours a day during the working week – from 8.00 Monday until 19.00 Friday. Read on ... 19/11/2009 ECHA calls for information to avoid unnecessary animal testing The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is calling for information on the health effects of a specific chemical substance by 24 December 2009. This is a public consultation foreseen by the REACH Regulation for testing proposals involving animals. The aim of the call is to give anyone the opportunity to submit relevant data with a view to make sure that animal testing is only conducted as a last resort when the available information is not sufficient to assess the potentially harmful effects of this chemical on human health or the environment. Read on ... 13/11/2009 Webinar available online Companies preparing registrations can now watch a recorded presentation of a webinar on "Preparing and submitting a registration dossier" on the ECHA website. The webinar for Lead Registrants took place on 4 November. It was the first in a series of interactive guidance events for Lead Registrants, scheduled between the end of 2009 and the first half of 2010. The recordings of future webinars will also be published there roughly one week after each event. A compiled question and answer document of the webinar will be published in the Lead Registrant discussion forum and later on the ECHA website. Read on ... 05/11/2009 ECHA opens web pages on restrictions The European Chemicals Agency has today published on its website a new subsection concerning restrictions. The new web pages describe existing restrictions as well as the procedure for new restrictions. Read on ... 05/11/2009 ECHA's Board of Appeal publishes a summary of the first appeals On 16 September the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) received its first appeal, opposing an ECHA decision to reject a registration submitted by the appellant. After certain necessary formalities including procedures linked to the confidentiality requests made by the appellant have been duly processed, a summary of the appeal is now made available in the Appeal section of ECHA's website. Read on ... 04/11/2009 Public consultation on harmonised classification and labelling of two chemical substances The European Chemicals Agency has today published on its website a public consultation on the proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of two chemical substances. Comments are welcome on the proposal within the next 45 days. All comments will be taken into account in the subsequent decision-making process. Read on ... 03/11/2009 ECHA publishes concise Guidance on Chemical Safety Assessment The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published Guidance on Chemical Safety Assessment in a Nutshell. The document is now available in the Guidance section of the ECHA website. Read on ... 27/10/2009 National REACH and CLP helpdesks form a common network – Help Net A new, joint network of REACH and CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) helpdesks has been formed and is called Help Net. The objectives of the network are: to provide consistent, harmonised answers and the best possible advice to industry seeking to fulfil their obligations under the REACH and CLP Regulations. Read on ... 27/10/2009 ECHA welcomes all stakeholders on 7 December 2009 On 7 December 2009, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) organises its third Stakeholders' Day at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Finland. Up to 500 participants can attend. The Day can also be followed on the Internet via web-streaming live and after the event. Participation is free of charge. Read on ... 16/10/2009 REACH - Substance Identity workshop on 1 December 2009 On the 1st December 2009 the European Chemicals Agency will hold a Substance Identity Workshop in Helsinki. The workshop will clarify key substance identity concepts in the context of REACH processes such as inquiry and registration. This event is for people in companies who are responsible for dossier preparation who have questions on substance identity. Since the number of places available is limited to 100, companies are invited to send one delegate only. Participation will then be confirmed on a first come first served basis. Read on ... 14/10/2009 Late pre-registration ends in November 2009 for some chemicals and companies ECHA's logoThe final deadline for the pre-registration of certain chemical substances and high volume manufacturers and importers is on 30 November 2009. This deadline applies to companies within the first 6 months of manufacturing, importing or using* a phase-in substance that needs to be registered by 30 November 2010. Read on ... 14/10/2009 ECHA publishes the dates for the Lead Registrant Webinars A series of interactive multimedia events have now been scheduled to provide Lead Registrants with key information on the registration of substances. Each webinar will last up to two hours and is available for up to 1000 participants. ECHA is hosting three webinars in 2009 with more events planned for 2010. Read on ... 12/10/2009 Less than two months left to deadline for users of chemicals to inform suppliers There are less than two months left for the Downstream Users of chemical substances to inform their suppliers of the use they make of the substance. The deadline, 30 November 2009, applies only if the substance needs to be registered before 1 December 2010. Read on ... 06/10/2009 Registering Notified Substances ECHA has updated the Questions and Answers for the registrants of previously notified substances and the Data Submission Manual 5: How to complete a technical dossier for registrations and PPORD notifications. The new sections provide additional information on when to update a registration that is based on a previous notification, how to claim a registration number for a substance previously notified under Directive 67/548/EEC, how to update confidentiality claims and on minimum data required in IUCLID 5. Read on ... 24/09/2009 Guidance in 22 languages now available on REACH ECHA has published guidance on information requirements, chemical safety assessment, substances in articles, registration, and downstream user obligations in a further 21 EU languages. These documents provide essential information to manufacturers and importers of chemicals as well as users of chemicals and producers of articles (end-user goods) on how to comply with REACH legislation. The English language versions of the six documents were published earlier. Read on ... 15/09/2009 Over 500 REACH Lead Registrants share good practice Over 500 companies - Lead Registrants and Candidate Lead Registrants - joined together in Brussels (and via webstream) to share best practice. The event, jointly organised by the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency, brought together speakers from ten companies and associations to share their experience on taking the lead in developing joint registration dossiers for their chemical substances. Read on ... 15/09/2009 Clarification will avoid unnecessary animal tests Unnecessary animal tests will be avoided and costs to industry reduced as a result of a new clarification of the information requirements for manufacturers and importers of chemical substances under the REACH regulation. Read on ... 02/09/2009 Public consultation on harmonised classification and labelling of three chemical substances The European Chemicals Agency has today published on its website a public consultation on the proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of three chemical substances. Comments are welcome on the proposal within the next 45 days. All comments will be taken into account in the subsequent decision-making process. Read on ... 01/09/2009 New public consultation on 15 potential Substances of Very High Concern The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published on its website proposals to identify chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Interested parties are welcome to comment on these 15 substances within the next 45 days. The comments will be taken into account when deciding whether the substances will be added to the Candidate List from which substances are selected for authorisation. Read on ... 31/08/2009 ECHA encourages Lead Registrants to make themselves known in order to benefit from a special service The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has been made aware that a number of nominated Lead Registrants are holding back from notifying themselves to ECHA as they have concerns about the legal implications of such action. Consequently, they are not able to benefit from the dedicated special service for Lead Registrants that is being provided by ECHA. Read on ... 10/08/2009 ECHA calls for information to avoid unnecessary animal testing An important new way to avoid unnecessary animal testing has been put into operation today. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is calling for health effects information on the reproductive toxicity of a specific chemical substance by 24 September 2009 (http://echa.europa.eu/consultations/test_proposals/test_prop_cons_en.asp). This is the first time that this type of public consultation - foreseen by the REACH Regulation - is made, and ECHA expects to make many such calls about different substances over the coming years. 30/07/2009 ECHA does not accredit consulting companies The European Chemicals Agency does not accredit or endorse companies providing advice or hands-on support to others on regulatory compliance. No companies can claim that they have been accredited by ECHA. Read on ... 14/07/2009 ECHA announces a dedicated Lead Registrants Workshop ECHA is currently sending out invitations to Lead Registrants to participate in a dedicated "Lead Registrant Workshop" to be held on 11 September in Brussels. This workshop is specifically aimed at promoting means that will assist Lead Registrants in their SIEF activities. Topics to be discussed in the workshop will cover best practices in establishing and managing SIEFs, the preparation of registration dossiers and specific feedback on information requirements. Lead Registrants are encouraged to inform ECHA of their nomination in order to benefit from this supporting activity. Read on ... 14/07/2009 ECHA clarifies its position on activities of providers for REACH related services Over the past few weeks, enquirers have frequently alerted ECHA to market behaviour of companies advertising REACH related services and/or actively hampering SIEF formation. ECHA was asked to clarify whether this behaviour may possibly constitute a violation of the terms and conditions of REACH-IT or a breach of obligations imposed by the REACH Regulation. Read on ... 14/07/2009 New risk and hazard information on chemical substances available ECHA has published new information on the risks and hazards of some chemical substances on its website. The substances concerned are “handovers” from the previous legislation (Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93) which were prioritised due to being produced in large quantities or having possible persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic properties. Read on ... 06/07/2009 The Committee for Risk Assessment adopted its first opinion on harmonised classification and labelling The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) last Friday agreed not to support a proposal for EU-wide harmonised classification and labelling of diantimony trioxide as a skin irritant. The Agency will now submit this opinion to the European Commission for their decision. Read on ... 24/06/2009 ECHA publishes new concise guidance The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new series of shortened versions of the REACH Guidance Documents and Fact Sheet on the inclusion of substances in the List of Substances Subject to Authorisation. Read on ... 16/06/2009 Second public consultation on harmonised classification and labelling ECHA has published on its website the second public consultation on a proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of four chemical substances. Comments are welcome on the proposal within the next 45 days. All comments will be taken into account in the subsequent decision-making process. Read on ... 09/06/2009 ECHA revamps the REACH Guidance web pages The web pages containing the REACH Guidance Documents have been re-structured. The page, which can be found in the Guidance section of the ECHA website, now consists of four sub-sections: Guidance Documents, Guidance in a nutshell, Fact Sheets, and Consultation Procedure. Read on ... 02/06/2009 ECHA recommends strict control for seven substances of very high concern The European Chemicals Agency recommends that seven chemical substances of very high concern should not be used without specific authorisation. Three of the recommended substances are classified as toxic to reproduction, one as carcinogenic and three fulfil the criteria for being persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB). They are all used in products to which consumers and workers are exposed. Read on ... 29/05/2009 570 people from around the world took part in ECHA's Stakeholders' Day Over 570 representatives of stakeholders from 33 countries (ranging from the EU Member States to India, Korea and the USA) participated in the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) second Stakeholders' Day. Over 300 were present at the Conference Centre in Helsinki and a further 270 joined in via webstream. The participants discussed the urgent need for companies to work together and share data in order to prepare joint dossiers for the registration of each chemical substance. Read on ... 26/05/2009 First substances of very high concern move one step closer to tighter control The Member State Committee of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) adopted an opinion sharing the ECHA Secretariat’s view that seven substances of very high concern should be included in the so-called Authorisation List. The opinion was adopted by consensus. The Agency will finalise its recommendation on these substances, taking into account the Opinion of the Member State Committee, and submit it to the European Commission by 1 June 2009. Read on ... 30/04/2009 First coordinated REACH enforcement project started REACH-EN-FORCE-1, a joint REACH enforcement project, has started across Europe. National inspectors are checking pre-registrations, registrations and – where applicable – the provisions for Safety Data Sheets. The Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement, meeting for the fourth time this week in Helsinki, reviewed the start of the project and agreed on the further steps. Read on ... 24/04/2009 Getting started in SIEFs - top tips published ECHA has published a REACH Fact Sheet providing registrants top tips on how to get started in SIEFs (Substance Information Exchange Fora). SIEFs have a critical role within REACH and ECHA wants to do what it can to try to ensure that they succeed in sharing and assessing data as well as preparing the common parts of the registration. At the same time, the Agency would like to remind companies that SIEFS are independent – they are not "owned" by ECHA. Read on ... 23/04/2009 ECHA launches open call for tender for risk communication guidance ECHA has responsibilities for risk communication. These include providing of guidance to Member State and stakeholders on the communication of risks and the safe use of chemical substances. ECHA has now launched an invitation to tender for companies interested in helping us to produce a risk communication guidance document. Read on ... 17/04/2009 REACH-IT – online inquiry submission now available ECHA has updated REACH-IT by adding an online inquiry submission functionality and a functionality to change legal entity names in the system. Documentation is also published to assist companies with the online inquiry and the change in legal entity name. In addition, REACH-IT can now be accessed by Member States Competent Authorities that fulfill ECHA’s standard security requirements. In addition, ECHA has published an Industry User Manual outlining the checks that the Agency makes immediately after a dossier has been received. Read on ... 08/04/2009 ECHA publishes Workshop report on Authorisation The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) organised a workshop to discuss the implementation of the Authorisation process under REACH on 21 – 22 January 2009. It was attended by representatives of the Agency, EU Member States and the European Commission. Read on ... 06/04/2009 Wallström opens ECHA’s conference centre and calls for a UN chemicals panel The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) inaugurated its new conference centre on Friday 3 April. In the event, the European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström called for a new high level UN panel to tackle the risks from chemicals. Read on ... 27/03/2009 ECHA publishes an updated List of Pre-registered Substances An updated version of the List of Pre-registered Substances was published today on the ECHA website. It contains around 143,000 substances which were pre-registered by 65,000 companies between 1 June and 1 December 2008. ECHA does not expect all of these substances to be registered. Read on ... 26/03/2009 ECHA publishes a webpage on Socio-Economic Analysis A new page on socio-economic analysis is now available on the ECHA website. It introduces the role of the socio-economic analysis in the restriction and authorisation procedures and other legislative actions on chemical substances under REACH. Read on ... 25/03/2009 ECHA welcomes all to a Second Stakeholders' Day On 27 May 2009, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will hold its second Stakeholders' Day at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Finland. Up to 500 participants worldwide from industry, national authorities and interest groups will attend. Participation is free of charge. The proceedings can also be followed over the Internet via web streaming. The event will precede the Helsinki Chemicals Forum which will take place on 28 and 29 May 2009, in the same venue. Read on ... 05/03/2009 Conference on EU and world-wide rules for classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals on 17 June 2009, Brussels The conference aims to inform authorities, industry and other stakeholders about the new provisions for classification, labelling and packaging in the EU, placing them in the global context of GHS. It will explain the main features of the new legislation, focusing on practical aspects. It will provide up-to-date information on the CLP guidance documents and tools. Read on ... 23/02/2009 First public consultation on harmonised classification and labelling. ECHA has today published on its website the first public consultation on a proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of two chemical substances. Comments are welcome on the proposal within the next 45 days. All comments will be taken into account in the subsequent decision-making process. Read on ... 18/02/2009 REACH-IT was improved by means of a new "patch" on Monday 16th February. This new patch focuses on improving your searches on pre-registrations and pre-SIEFs, as well as downloading the pre-SIEF XML file. We have also replaced the upload component which has not worked as well as we had hoped. The overall stability of the site has consequently improved. ECHA will closely monitor the new application's performance to see whether further improvements are necessary. You can be a help in that process by reporting any problems directly to the ECHA Helpdesk. 13/02/2009 Clarification in relation to PRE-SIEFs and SIEFs Currently the main REACH obligation for companies which pre-registered substances last year is to form SIEFs (Substance Information Exchange Forums). These should be operational as soon as possible, particularly in those cases where companies need to submit their registrations to ECHA before 1 December 2010. 11/02/2009 REACH-IT to be upgraded – System closed 13 – 16 February Over the coming weekend, ECHA will upgrade REACH-IT to address performance issues related to the searching and viewing of pre-registrations & pre-SIEFs, and the pre-SIEF XML download. REACH-IT is scheduled to be off line from 3pm Friday 13 February until 2pm Monday 16 February. Any change to this schedule will be announced on the ECHA website under REACH-IT/Portal. 04/02/2009 The IUCLID 5 End User Manual is now available in 22 languages The IUCLID 5 End User Manual has been translated into 21 EU languages. The Manual helps users to work with the software in a company environment and serves as a complete reference document for IUCLID functionalities and for preparing dossiers to be submitted to ECHA. 26/01/2009 Query plug-in adds more search functions to IUCLID 5 A IUCLID 5 Query plug-in is now available for downloading on the IUCLID website. It extends the ways in which data can be searched in a user's IUCLID 5 database and provides easy access to administrative and scientific data. 26/01/2009 REACH-IT improved to facilitate SIEF formation Today, ECHA has updated REACH-IT by improving searches and messaging modules. The improvements are expected to increase the availability and stability of the system so that companies can form SIEFs. ECHA is currently monitoring the impact of these changes and continues implementing additional improvements to further enhance the performance of REACH-IT. 20/01/2009 REACH-IT update - Performance will be improved The new REACH-IT release went online on 5 January as scheduled. Companies must now submit all their dossiers, including “late pre-registrations”, to ECHA via REACH-IT. Currently, the REACH-IT-system is affected by very high levels of use, leading to slow access to the pre-SIEFs and slow dossier submission. ECHA is working on solutions to improve system performance which will be implemented progressively. Companies are asked to be patient 19/01/2009 The first service release of IUCLID 5 is now available An upgrade (5.1) is now available for the standalone and the distributed versions of IUCLID 5. The upgrade can be downloaded free of charge from the 'Get IUCLID 5' section of the IUCLID 5 website. 14/01/2009 Public consultation on inclusion of substances in the authorisation list ECHA launched today a public consultation on the first draft recommendation of substances to be included in the list of substances subject to authorisation (Annex XIV or Authorisation List). Interested parties can submit comments by using the relevant web forms on the ECHA website until 14 April 2009. 19/12/2008 List of pre-registered substances published Today, ECHA has published on its website a list of pre-registered substances. The list contains about 150,000 substances which were pre-registered by 65,000 companies between 1 June and 1 December 2008. ECHA has been screening part of the information submitted and due to the high number of pre-registrations ECHA will continue to check the information into the New Year. The fully screened list will be published at a later date. 16/12/2008 Temporary submission now ended and REACH-IT closed until 5 January - REACH-IT will be the only route to submit dossiers to ECHA in 2009 09/12/2008 List of pre-registered substances to be published by 1 January will not be final - pre-SIEFs to be gradually re-opened on REACH-IT in January
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