OECD chemicals committee adopts working paper applying "Safe and Sustainable by Design” concept to nanomaterials
The Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) adopted on September 2, 2022, a working document on the application of the “Safe and Sustainable by...
Read MoreEuropean Commission establishes limit value for unintentional presence of hexachlorobenzene under the POP Regulation
On September 8, 2022, the European Commission adopted a delegated act under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, on persistent organic pollutants (the POP Regulation), clarifying the acceptable limits for the unintentional presence of...
Read MoreUpcoming meetings of Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention’s Review Committees
Expert committees for the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will hold meetings in the upcoming weeks. At the meetings, aspects relative to trade requirements for hazardous pesticides and chemicals, and regulatory action...
Read MoreREACH Committee to discuss draft restriction on intentionally added microplastics
Sep-09-2022
The European Union’s Committee for the REACH Regulation will discuss a restriction proposal on microplastics by the European Commission in its upcoming meeting on September 23, 2022. The release of microplastics...
Read MoreIceland is now accepting PCN through ECHA’s submission portal.
Under Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation, importers and downstream users placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market are to provide specific information on their mixtures to appointed bodies. The platform...
Read MoreUN body discusses new global framework for the sound management of chemicals
The United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) intersessional process on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 held its fourth meeting...
Read MoreEuropean Union and UN in a clash about the new GHS hazard classes
Under the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) plan (2020) the EU outlined a renewal of the UN Globally Harmonized System (GHS)chemical hazard classes for endocrine disruption and persistence. In the CSS...
Read MoreUN Sub-Committee clarifies data-sharing rules for transport of electric batteries
In its recently held 60th session, the United Nations (UN) Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods adopted proposed amendments to the UN Model Regulations on the Transport of...
Read MoreEuropean Commission extends consultation on the presence of cobalt in toys
The European Commission is extending an ongoing consultation by the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) on the presence of cobalt in toys until September 8, 2022. The...
Read MoreEuropean Commission consults on safety standards for children’s products
The European Commission opened, on 5 August 2022, a consultation on the safety requirements to be met by standards applying to several categories of children products. The draft Commission Decision is...
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