You are a Luxembourgish company and you have questions on REACH or CLP?
The national REACH & CLP Helpdesk can help you!
On this website, you will find a selection of information on REACH and CLP that helps you to fulfill your obligations under REACH and CLP:
- What is REACH? explains the basic on REACH
- What is CLP? explains the basics on CLP
- Documentation provides the legal texts and guidance on REACH and CLP
- Tools contains an overview of tools for the implementation of REACH
- Public consultation explains where stakeholders can express their opinion and feed in information into the process.
- Links provides a list of links to useful source to get further information on REACH and CLP
For further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via the Contact form.
ECHA launches its new website
The new ECHA website was launched on 15th December 2011. The new website aims to be more user-friendly, efficient and pleasant to navigate. The most common and relevant ECHA links continue to be working after the rewamp of the ECHA website on 15th December. However, please note that certain links on the website of the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg are not redirected automatically. The Helpdesk team will update its website and ECHA links within short time. Thank you for your understanding.
News
- 31.01.2012
By the date set in the CLP Regulation, the European Chemicals Agency submitted to the European Commission its study on communication of information on the safe use of chemicals to the general public.
- 30.01.2012
ECHA supports companies with a wide range of events to prepare for the registration deadline 2013 and lately updated its event information.
- 24.01.2012
The Conference, organised by the European Commission, will gather authorities and stakeholders from all REACH and CLP sectors.
- 11.01.2012
The European Chemicals Agency has submitted to the European Commission a recommendation that thirteen Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) should in future not be used without authorisation.
- 11.01.2012
ECHA has added twenty substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the Candidate List which now contains seventy-three substances. Nineteen of the new SVHCs are carcinogenic and/or toxic for reproduction. Additionally, for the first time a substance (4-tert-octyl phenol) has been identified as an SVHC because of its endocrine disrupting properties.
- 04.01.2012
The workshop is targeted to (new) Lead Registrants and will take place in ECHA's conference centre. The content of the workshop will be coordinated together with the Agency's Accredited Stakeholder Organisations who will be leading parts of the program. Information and registration here.
- 04.01.2012
The REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg team wishes you all the best for the new year and that 2012 brings you health, happiness and a successful implementation of your REACH and CLP projects! In the new year we continue to support you in your implementation efforts, do not hesitate to check regularly our website!
- 22.12.2011
New law extends the system of official controls to CLP and lays down the provisions on penalties applicable for infringement of the provisions of REACH and CLP.
- 21.12.2011
ECHA has decided to delay the launching of the Classification and Labelling Inventory in order to ensure that the information provided by industry will be made publicly available in an accurate way that allows easy and functional access and navigation.The Agency will announce the new launch date by mid January.
- 21.12.2011
Under the section Tools of the website of the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg information on certain IT tools needed or helpful to fulfil your obligations under REACH and CLP is provided. Further tools for human health exposure assessment (worker and consumer) and scaling under REACH have been added.
- 21.12.2011
The REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg will be closed during the period from December 23, 2011 to January 3, 2012 included. The whole team sends you its Season’s greetings !
- 19.12.2011
A minor upgrade of IUCLID has been published. Besides correcting some errors, this release brings valuable new functionalities such as:
- A new administration tool to display announcements within the IUCLID User Interface
- The enhancement of the user password management system that includes: minimum password length, maximum failed login attempts, password expiration, forced password change, security question, user account expiration.
- 19.12.2011
The definition referred in recommendations published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 20/10/2011, is based on an approach considering the size of the constituent particles of a material, rather than hazard or risk. The wording describes a nanomaterial as "a natural, incidental or manufactured material containing particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or as an agglomerate and where, for 50% or more of the particles in the number size distribution, one or more external dimensions is in the size range 1 nm – 100 nm."
- 19.12.2011
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has adopted 13 opinions on proposals for harmonised classification and labelling across Europe during the period of its 18th and 19th meetings, held from 26 to 28 October 2011 and 29 November to 2 December 2011.
- 15.12.2011
ECHA Guidance documents on the preparation of an application for authorisation and ECHA Guidance on Socio-Economic Analysis – Authorisation are available now in 22 EU languages.
- 15.12.2011
The new ECHA website was launched on 15th December 2011. The new website aims to be more user-friendly, efficient and pleasant to navigate.
- 15.12.2011
ECHA published report on the experiences of successful REACH registrants. The feedback of REACH registrants, given in response to a survey by ECHA, provides valuable information for future registrants as well as for the Agency ahead of the 2013 deadline.
- 15.12.2011
ECHA published concise guidance, corrigendum on guidance, and revised fact sheet on identification and naming of substances under REACH and CLP. The objective of these guidance documents is to give guidance for manufacturers and importers on recording and reporting the identity of a substance within the context of REACH and CLP.
- 15.12.2011
The Forum for enforcement has completed the second round of inspections of its first coordinated enforcement project (REF-1). The Forum will publish a full report with conclusions and recommendations for inspectors.
- 15.12.2011
As a key part of the "REACH 2013 – Act now!" campaign, ECHA organises a series of webinars. The webinars are mainly directed towards supporting lead registrants with some additional webinars open for all.
- 01.12.2011
On 24 November 2011 (12:30 to 5:30 pm), the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg held its annual conference at the Chamber of Commerce at Luxembourg-Kirchberg around the topic „REACH&CLP: Lessons learnt and future challenges for companies“.
- 30.11.2011
Producers and importers of articles containing any of the seven substances included in the Candidate List in June 2011 must notify ECHA by 20 December 2011 at the latest.
- 21.11.2011
A new online form allows manufacturers, importers and downstream users to request the use of alternative chemical names if they believe that the disclosure of a substance name on the label of their mixtures or in the safety data sheets reveals business secrets.
- 21.11.2011
ECHA has submitted the first draft Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) to the Member States which contains 91 substances that are proposed for review by the Member States under the substance evaluation process of the REACH Regulation.
- 09.11.2011
On 24 November 2011 (12:30 to 5:30 pm), the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg holds its annual conference at the Chamber of Commerce at Luxembourg-Kirchberg. Register now!
- 26.10.2011
ECHA launched the ‘REACH 2013 - Act Now!’ campaign at the REACH Conference on 23 September to remind the industry to start preparing for the second REACH registration deadline. Companies manufacturing or importing chemicals in quantities at or above 100 tonnes per year are required to register these substances with ECHA by 31 May 2013.
- 26.10.2011
ECHA published the analysis of substances that were not registered by the first deadline despite the reported intentions and removed invalid pre-registrations from its database.
- 26.10.2011
Forum members reviewed the results of the prolongation of the first Forum coordinated enforcement project and agreed on the subject of the third enforcement project.
- 26.10.2011
The European Commission has published a report presenting achievements, lessons learnt and recommendations from the Directors’ Contact Group between the European Commission, ECHA and Industry Associations on meeting the first REACH registration deadline.
- 26.10.2011
The new network aims at identifying good industry practices on drafting exposure scenarios and building a dialogue between supply chain actors to improve the protection of human health and the environment.
- 21.10.2011
The presentations of the third REACH&CLP Coffe on the topic “How do REACH and CLP impact worker protection in Luxembourg?” are now available.
- 04.10.2011
The European Commission Directorate General Enterprise and Industry commissioned the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) to conduct a study to assess the impact of REACH on the innovativeness of the European chemical industry.
- Deadline extended to 21 October -
- 16.09.2011
CLP FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) update 2.0 has been published on the ECHA website. You can find it here.
- 16.09.2011
ECHA has published several new guidances:
- Chapter B8 - Scope of Exposure Assessment : new chapter in the Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment
- Example of exposure scenarios
- 01.09.2011
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published on its website 20 new proposals to identify chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Interested parties are invited to comment on these 20 substances 13 October 2011.
- 01.09.2011
ECHA published the labelling and packaging guidance in 22 languages now.
Reminder: this document is a stand-alone guidance on the labelling and packaging rules for substances and mixtures as set out in the CLP Regulation. It is addressed to manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors of chemical substances and mixtures. For more information, you can also consult our news published in April 2011.
Reminder: this document is a stand-alone guidance on the labelling and packaging rules for substances and mixtures as set out in the CLP Regulation. It is addressed to manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors of chemical substances and mixtures. For more information, you can also consult our news published in April 2011.
- 30.08.2011
The third REACH&CLP Coffee will take place on Thursday, 6 October 2011 (in French) and Thursday, 20 October 2011 (in German), at the CRP Henri Tudor in Luxembourg-Kirchberg. This REACH&CLP Coffee is organized n collaboration with the “Service de Santé au Travail de l’Industrie (STI)”.
On the topic “How do REACH and CLP impact worker protection in Luxembourg?” the helpdesk team and STI, we will first inform you about the key points. Afterwards there is ample opportunity to discuss your concrete questions and challenges. Discuss again with us around a cup of coffee!
- 12.08.2011
ECHA has noted that for some substances companies have submitted registrations possibly without taking part in a single SIEF. Registrants who find themselves in this situation are strongly encouraged to verify their compliance with data sharing and joint submission obligations.
- 02.08.2011
Version 2.2 of the OECD QSAR Toolbox for Grouping Chemicals into Categories is now available to download. The software helps registrants and authorities to use Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship ((Q)SAR) methodologies to group chemicals into categories and to fill data gaps by read-across, trend analysis and to assess the (eco)toxicity hazards of chemicals under REACH.
- 02.08.2011
The European Commission, in cooperation with ECHA, is organising a REACH conference. (Brussel, European Commission's Charlemagne Building). The conference will focus on the results of the first registration round, the lessons learnt, and on how to enhance preparations for the registration deadline of June 2013.
- 22.07.2011
We now offer a section called “databases” that lists a number of databases where you can access information on substances and a not exhaustive summary, organized by topic, about the existing databases.
- 21.07.2011
The European Commission Directorate General Enterprise and Industry commissioned the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) to conduct a study to assess the impact of REACH regulation on the operation of the single market and the competitiveness of the European industry. We kindly ask you to participate in the survey.
- 01.07.2011
An ECHA screening over 400 dossiers of intermediates lately revealed that, in 86% of the cases, information was found to be inconsistent or missing. Furthermore, ECHA’s latest progress report about evaluation under REACH revealed that one main shortcoming identified in the hazard assessment is the incorrect use of non-standard assessment factors which need clear justifications.
- 24.06.2011
On 15 June 2011, the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has adopted opinions on eight proposals for harmonised classification and labelling across Europe and two opinions on restriction proposals during its 16th meeting, held 7-10 June 2011 in Helsinki. For further information consult ECHA’s news alert.
- 24.06.2011
The webinar presentations on Inquiry process (25 May 2011) and the recordings of ECHA’s sixth Stakeholders’Day (7 June 2011) are now available on ECHA’s website.
- 22.06.2011
In accordance with REACH and CLP Regulations, ECHA establishes a certain number of consultations for stakeholders. We encourage you to regularly check the dedicated section on ECHA's website.
- 22.06.2011
Eurobarometer findings show that most people in the EU are unable to identify everyday household chemicals as potentially hazardous and rarely follow safety instructions. The understanding of chemical products and public awareness of how to use these safely varies considerably from one country to another.
- 22.06.2011
The Chamber of Crafts and the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg organized two seminars, so called Lunch Meetings, on the labelling of chemicals and the safety datasheets.
- 17.06.2011
ECHA developed in cooperation with the Member States risk-based selection criteria for substances to be included in the first Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) that will be adopted by ECHA on 28 February 2012, specifying for the following three years the substances to be evaluated and the evaluating Member States.
- 16.06.2011
ECHA strengthens its communication on the obligations of downstream users. You can find on its website a dedicated page listing the key points linked to downstream users.
ECHA also published recently:
- 15.06.2011
- 14.06.2011
Producers, importers and suppliers of articles need to notify ECHA of SVHCs in articles within six months after their inclusion in the Candidate List. For 38 substances included before 1 December 2010, the notifications had to be submitted before 1 June 2011. The second deadline for the remaining eight substances is tomorrow, 15 June 2011.
- 16.05.2011
The 2nd Adaptation to Technical Progress (2nd ATP) to the CLP Regulation is laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 286/2011 which entered into force on 19 April 2011.
- 13.05.2011
ECHA will host a webinar in order to help companies to prepare their notifications of Candidate List Substances (Substances of Very High Concern) in articles. The webinar is available to anyone interested in learning more about how to notify such substances successfully.
- 13.05.2011
The second REACH&CLP Coffee took place on 12 May 2011 in the premises of the CRP Henri Tudor at Luxembourg-Kirchberg. The Helpdesk team presented the key points related to these obligations which first deadline is 1 June 2011. Participants also shared their views and their main concerns.
- 04.05.2011
A test version of a multilingual terminology database provides the main REACH and CLP terms in 22 EU languages, including the CLP pictograms, hazard and precautionary statements. The database is now online, free of charge.
- 22.04.2011
The Chamber of Crafts and the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg offer two seminars on the labelling of chemicals and the safety datasheets.
- 20.04.2011
A new release of ECHA's Chemical safety assessment and reporting tool Chesar (v1.1.3), that is fully compatible with IUCLID 5.3, can now be downloaded from the Chesar website.
- 20.04.2011
The REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg invites you to is second REACH&CLP Coffee! The second REACH&CLP Coffee will take place on Thursday, 12 May from 4 to 6 p.m. (in French and German) at the CRP Henri Tudor in Luxembourg-Kirchberg. This new kind of events is aimed to give you the opportunity to inform yourself and discuss, around a cup of coffee, about the latest developments in REACH&CLP.
- 20.04.2011
ECHA published a new labelling and packaging guidance. The new document is a stand-alone guidance on the labelling and packaging rules for substances and mixtures as set out in the CLP Regulation. Furthermore, the Guidance on how to comply with the provisions of the new Regulation on Classification, Packaging and Labelling of substances and mixtures has been updated.
- 20.04.2011
The presentations given at the seminar on applications for authorisation (12 April 2011) are now available at the ECHA’s website. Furthermore a dedicated section on authorisation was established.
- 05.04.2011
The 2011 edition of the Luxembourgish Forum on Safety and Health at Work (Forum luxembourgeois de la sécurité et de la santé au travail) took place on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 at Luxexpo. Within this framework, the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg introduced the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, so called CLP, related to classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures.
- 09.03.2011
The new version of IUCLID is available on the IUCLID website. Registrants are encouraged to install IUCLID 5.3 in order to be ready to submit dossiers into the new REACH-IT version 2.2, which will be released in April 2011. However, registrants wishing to submit new dossiers or updates before that release date must still use IUCLID 5.2.
- 09.03.2011
ECHA’s public database with information on registered substances has been updated and contains now 691 records.
- 02.03.2011
The regulation (EU) 143/2011 selected the first substances that will become subject to authorisation after a transitional period. At the same time, new guidelines have been published to help companies preparing authorisation applications.
- 21.02.2011
The 2011 edition of the Forum luxembourgeois de la sécurité et de la santé au travail will take place on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 at Luxexpo (Luxembourg-Kirchberg) from 10:00 to 19:00. Admission is free on registration before 25 March 2011.
Within this framework, the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg will introduce the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, so called CLP, related to classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures at 11:30 a.m. in room 4.
- 18.02.2011
ECHA recently published a new Guidance on the preparation of an application for authorization, and updated the Guidance on registration (especially implementation of REACH amendment linked to the entry into force of CLP). For the moment these two guidance documents are only available in English.
- 18.02.2011
On 26 January 2011, the coordinators of national inspectors were trained on the REACH and CLP duties of downstream users of chemicals. The role of downstream users in providing information on substances - their hazards and the risks associated with using them - is crucial.
- 18.02.2011
ECHA updated the contact list of national Helpdesks on its website. Links on national emergency telephone number that have to be included in section 1.4 of Safety Data Sheets, have been added where available.
- 18.02.2011
ECHA published an update of the IT tool that enables companies to check which information from their registration dossiers will be made public on ECHA's website. No changes have been introduced to the current way of filtering single-substance registration dossiers, but the tool can now also filter registration dossiers based on a category approach.
- 28.01.2011
The 3.1 million Classification and Labelling notifications received by ECHA cover a total of 107,067 substances and not 24,529 as published on 4 January. For further information, you should read the corrigendum de l'ECHA published on January 18.
- 28.01.2011
We would like to inform you that a webform to report potential mistakes in Table 3.1 of Annex VI of CLP (Harmonised classification and labelling) has been published on ECHA website. In order to avoid multiple reporting of potential mistakes it is recommended to first check under the following link whether this is already known to ECHA.
- 12.01.2011
We prepared a new brochure to introduce the REACH&CLP Helpdesk Luxembourg and the regulations REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) and CLP (Classification, labeling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures).
- 06.01.2011
The part "What is CLP?" of our Helpdesk website is now also available in German. This part explains the basics of the CLP regulation and gives advice on how to fulfill the obligations.
- 04.01.2011
By 3 January 2011, more than three million notifications on the classification of chemical substances in line with new EU rules have been received by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). All companies manufacturing or importing hazardous substances were required to classify them by 1 December 2010 and notify ECHA by 3 January 2011.
- 03.01.2011
The REACH&CLP Helpdesk team wishes you all the best for the new year and that 2011 brings you health, happiness and a successful implementation of your REACH and CLP projects! In the new year we continue to support you in your implementation efforts and we are looking forward to your questions!
- 03.01.2011
ECHA has identified eight new substances as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and has submitted to the European Commission a recommendation that eight already previously identified SVHC should in future not be used without authorisation.
- 23.12.2010
ECHA has published a press release to remind manufacturers and importers about their duties to notify classification and labelling of substances to the C&L inventory.
- 23.12.2010
This database provides free public access to information on more than 600 000 records on chemical substances.
- 23.12.2010
- 23.12.2010
ECHA published a new manual to explain how to derive a public name for a substance when registrants wish to request the IUPAC name as confidential.
Consult ECHA press release to learn more about it.- 21.12.2010
The REACH & CLP Helpdesk organized a conference on REACH and CLP on Thursday, 16 December 2010 in collaboration with Fedil - Business Federation Luxembourg and the Europe Enterprise Network of Chamber of Commerce.
- 09.12.2010
ECHA will host on 14 December a webinar on classification and labelling (C&L) notifications. The webinar will be addressed to all companies with notification obligations and will focus on the main steps necessary to submit successful C&L notifications. The main objective of the webinar is to help companies to make successful C&L notifications using the different IT tools. Registration (free of charge) on ECHA’s website.
- 01.12.2010
By the REACH deadline of 30 November 2010, 24,675 registration dossiers have been submitted for 4,300 substances. The final number of registrations and substances, including a breakdown of 'phase-in' and non phase-in' will be available in the coming weeks.
- 30.11.2010
- 30.11.2010
Almost 1.2 million Classification and Labelling notifications for substances received - make sure that you notify yours too!
- 12.11.2010
The REACH & CLP Helpdesk organizes a conference on REACH and CLP on Thursday, 16 December 2010 from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg-Kirchberg.
- 04.11.2010
The REACH & CLP Helpdesk organized a seminar on Safety Data Sheets (SDS) on Thursday, 28 October 2010 in collaboration with Fedil - Business Federation Luxembourg and the Europe Enterprise Network of Chamber of Commerce.
- 07.10.2010
What are your current and future obligations? How to decrypt a SDS? How to check its compliance to REACH & CLP?
The REACH&CLP Helpdesk, a service of the Public Research Center Henri Tudor, organizes seminar on Safety Data Sheets on Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg-Kirchberg.
- 23.09.2010
A new Fee Calculation plugin allows registrants to calculate, in advance, the fee payable on the successful submission of their REACH dossier to ECHA in accordance with the Fee Regulation for REACH (Regulation EC/340/2008).
- 03.09.2010
ECHA has published proposals to identify eleven chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and possible candidates for authorisation. Interested parties are invited to comment by 14 October 2010.
- 01.09.2010
During the Conseil du Gouvernement meeting of 30 July, a proposal for a new law on control and penalties in the context of REACH and CLP was adopted. Furthermore, a proposal for a regulation abrogating the regulation grand-ducal of 23 September 2005 on safety data sheet was also adopted.
For more information, see the minutes of the 30 July 2010 meeting. The final law is expected for beginning of 2011.
- 27.08.2010
Companies not registering by the 2010 registration deadline but who are nevertheless obliged to notify the Classification and Labelling of substances to ECHA as of 3 January 2011 can, in certain cases, keep the IUPAC name confidential.
- 26.08.2010
Version 1.1 of ECHA’s Chemical safety assessment and reporting tool, Chesar, and a new version of the IUCLID 5 Technical Completeness Check (TCC) plug-in are now available
- 24.08.2010
Before the summer break, ECHA added eight chemical substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) for authorisation.
- 24.08.2010
ECHA calls for information on the first two proposals for restriction under REACH and launched a public consultation on its draft recommendation of eight substances to be included in the Authorisation List (i.e. Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation).
- 16.07.2010
Commission Regulation (EU) No 440/2010 of 21 May 2010 on the fees payable to the European Chemicals Agency, linked to CLP regulation, entered in force on 25 May 2010.
- 16.07.2010
Please be informed that the CLP FAQ 1.1 update was published recently on the ECHA website.
- 16.07.2010
ECHA recently launched a public consultation on harmonising classification and labelling of two substances. These proposals are published by on ECHA website for comments, by parties concerned.
- 21.06.2010
In collaboration with ECHA, REACH & CLP Helpdesk organized a seminar on IT tools for the REACH registration, on 5 May 2010. This seminar, specially designed for member registrants, was divided in two parts: how to create a registration dossier in IUCLID 5.2 ? and how to submit a registration dossier in REACH-IT ?
- 07.06.2010
The REACH & CLP Helpdesk, in cooperation with chamber of crafts (Chambre des Métiers), chamber of commerce (Chambre de Commerce) and FEDIL, organised several information seminars on CLP from April to June 2010.
- 04.06.2010
· CLP: New manuals for REACH-IT users
· New CLP Leaflets
· ECHA’s web page on « How can I prepare and submit a notification?” updated
- 04.06.2010
The Commission Regulation 453/2010 – amending annex II of REACH has been published in the Official Journal on 31May 2010.
- 04.06.2010
New guidelines and tools :
· practical Guide 7 : How to notify substances in the Classification and Labelling Inventory ?
· ECHA Guidance Document on C&L harmonization updated
- 31.05.2010
ECHA has published new web pages to provide information and assistance to companies facing difficulties in sharing data required for their registration dossiers.
- 18.05.2010
Downstream users of chemicals now have the chance to check whether the critical chemical substances that they need are going to be registered in time.
- 18.05.2010
ECHA has published seven Practical Guides to help registrants meet their information requirements for REACH registration. Furthermore, published a new guidance on waste and recovered substances and an update of the guidance on consumer exposure estimation (R.15).
- 12.05.2010
The new Chemical Safety Assessment and Reporting tool, Chesar, is now available.
- 14.04.2010
New restrictions have been included into Annex XVII REACH for dichloromethane, lamp oils and grill lighter fluids and organostannic compounds.
- 12.04.2010
The REACH & CLP Helpdesk, in cooperation with chamber of crafts (Chambre des Métiers), chamber of commerce (Chambre de Commerce) and FEDIL, offers an information seminar on CLP, the new European regulation CLP on the classification, labelling and packaging of dangerous substances and mixtures.
- 11.04.2010
In cooperation with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), we offer a seminar on IUCLID5.2, REACH-IT and the Technical Completeness Check Tool.
- 02.04.2010
ECHA has published a further extension of its guidance package with a new guidance on exemptions from the obligation to register, an update of the Guidance on Use Descriptor System and the translation of its Navigator tool in 20 EU languages.
- 01.04.2010
The European Chemicals Agency has added Acrylamide to the Candidate List of Substances Very High Concern (SVHC) for Authorisation.
- 25.03.2010
The new version of REACH-IT is now online. It includes new features such as group Classification and Labelling notifications, Legal Entity change and cease manufacture declarations.
- 24.03.2010
The enforcement of REACH in Luxembourg is coordinated in a joint Committee, the Comité REACH. The members of the Committee have been appointed and the Committee met for the first time on 18 March.
- 22.03.2010
Practice Directions are published by ECHA for companies and other interested parties wishing to appeal against certain decisions of ECHA. These Practice Directions are intended to help appellants and their representatives prepare appeals in the most effective way.
- 08.03.2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published on its website eight new proposals to identify chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Interested parties are welcomed to comment on these eight substances within the next 45 days.
- 08.03.2010
The Evaluation Report describes the progress the Agency has made in evaluating REACH registration dossiers in 2009 amd provides recommendations to registrants so that they can improve the quality of their dossiers.
- 16.02.2010
A new version of IUCLID is available on the IUCLID website.
- 11.02.2010
The European Commission published a flyer on the obligations and deadlines companies may face in 2010.
- 29.01.2010
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of ECHA has adopted opinions on the proposals for classification and labelling across Europe of three chemical substances as carcinogen, mutagen or toxic for reproduction.
- 18.01.2010
An update of the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is now available.
- 06.01.2010
ECHA has released an IT tool to enable companies to check the completeness of their registration dossiers or notifications themselves before submitting them to the Agency.
You find the latest information on our website also under News.
