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The European Court of Justice annuls the cancer classification for titanium dioxide that was introduced in Regulation 2020/217. The Court considered that the Commission made a manifest error in its assessment of the reliability and acceptability of the study on which the classification was based. It also found that the Read more…
On 24-25 October 2022, the SCCS 3rd plenary meeting was held.
On 24 October 2022, ECHA announced that it has received an harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) proposal for the fragrant cosmetic ingredient called, Acetophenone. The CLH proposal was submitted by Spain.
On 13 October 2022, the European Commission started a consultation on the draft amendment of Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation regarding substances recently classified as CMR by the 18th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress) of the CLP Regulation. This draft act is open for feedback for 4 weeks. Read more…
On 20 September 2022, the European Commission started a public consultation on a draft act that would introduce new hazard classes as part of its revision to the CLP Regulation on classification, labelling, and packaging of substances. The consultation is open until 18 October.
The European Commission has requested ECHA to collect information on the potential risk to human health and the environment from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) additives and PVC itself, including aspects relating to the circular economy.
European Commission presented (through its REACH committee) the first legislative proposal on the limitation of synthetic polymer microparticles in the common market. Taking into account the Annex XV dossier, the opinions of RAC and SEAC, the RAC supplementary opinion, the socio-economic impact, and the availability of alternatives, the Commission considers Read more…
On 29 August 2022, ECHA announced that it has received new harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) proposals. The proposals concern eight fragrance cosmetic ingredients and were submitted by Sweden.
The ministers of environment of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, and Sweden wrote a letter to the European Commission highlighting the need to follow a Union strategy for a non-toxic environment based on the action plan of Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
On 14 June 2022, ECHA started the consultation on harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of the cosmetic ingredient, Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (CAS no 2455-24-5). Austria submitted the proposal and the deadline is on 15 August 2022. If the classification process is completed, the use of this substance in cosmetic products may Read more…