Public consultations

Within the REACH and the CLP Regulation, a consultation of stakeholders is foreseen in a number of occasions that are described in the following.

ECHA invites stakeholder to comment whenever a registrant is proposing, as part of his registration dossier under REACH, tests involving vertebrate animals.

Registrants may not conduct tests listed in Annex IX and X REACH on vertebrate animals without clearance from ECHA and have therefore to submit test proposal(s) as part of their registration dossier. Article 40(2) REACH requires ECHA to publish the name of the substance, the hazard endpoint for which vertebrate testing is proposed, and the date by which any third party information is required. The purpose of publishing this information is that third parties can submit scientifically valid information and studies addressing the substance and hazard endpoint in question that could be taken into account by ECHA in preparing its decision on the testing proposal.

You find the current list of testing proposals involving vertebrate animals here.
 

Member State competent authorities and industry can submit proposals for harmonized classification and labeling of substances according to CLP. These proposals will be published by ECHA on its website for comments by parties concerned.

You find the current list of proposals here.

The report format to submit a proposal for harmonized classification and labelling of a substance is available on ECHA's website. Manufacturers, importers and downstream users of substances shall submit a proposal to the competent authority in one of the Member States in which the substance is placed on the market. ECHA's RAC (Committee for Risk Assessment) adopts an opinion on any proposal submitted. Opinions already issued are available here. The final decision on the inclusion of a harmonisation of the classification and labelling for a substance in Annexe VI CLP is taken by the Commission.

A consultation of stakeholders is foreseen under the authorization title of REACH in two occasions: on proposals for identification of substances of very high concern to be placed on the candidate list and on draft ECHA recommendations for inclusion of substances in the list of substances subject to authorization.
 

In the framework of the authorization process, Member State competent authorities or ECHA, on request of the Commission, may submit dossiers for the identification of substances of very high concern (SVHC) in accordance with Annex XV REACH. These proposals are published on ECHA’s website and all interested parties are invited to submit comments. These comments will considered when a decision on the identification as SVHC and inclusion of these substances in the candidate list for authorization will be made.

You find further information here.
 

In the framework of the authorization process under REACH, the European Commission will adopt decisions to include substances in Annex XIV. Such decisions to include substances in Annex XIV will be based upon recommendations from ECHA.

A draft of its recommendation for inclusion of substances in Annex XIV is published (including the date from which the use of the substance is prohibited unless an authorization is granted (i.e. the "Sunset Date"), the application date by which applications for authorization must be received and uses or categories of uses exempted from the authorization requirement, if any). Interested parties are invited to submit comments. On the basis of the comments received, ECHA may modify its final recommendation taking also into account the opinion of the Member State Committee.

You find further information here.