On the 26th of June 2020, an amendment of the Annex II REACH (Regulation (EU) 2020/878) on requirements related to the content of the safety data sheet (SDS), has been published to the Offical Journal.

Translations are now available for the poison centre In briefs.

Denmark is now the third EU country, along with Germany and Estonia, to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA’s submission portal.

The consolidated opinions of the Committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) are available for applications of authorisation for 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated.

Stakeholders are invited to comment on the draft opinions of the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) on the restriction proposals on calcium cyanamide and skin sensitising substances.

A recent study commissioned by ECHA and the European Commission presents information about the uses and risks of fire-fighting foams.