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ECHAs Member State Committee

At its meeting in Helsinki of 7 and 8 October 2008 the ECHA Member State Committee unanimously agreed on the identification of 14 Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) that may become subject  to authorisation. One additional substance was already identified as SVHC without Member State Committee involvement as no comments were provided during the public consultation.

These 15 substances will be included in the ‘Candidate List’ which will be published on the ECHA website later in October.


The following substances are concerned:

- Anthracene

- 4,4'- Diaminodiphenylmethane

- Dibutyl phthalate

- Cobalt dichloride

- Diarsenic pentaoxide

- Diarsenic trioxide

- Sodium dichromate

- 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene)

- Bis (2-ethyl(hexyl)phthalate) (DEHP)

- Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and all major diastereoisomers identified

- Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins)

- Bis(tributyltin)oxide

- Lead hydrogen arsenate

- Benzyl butyl phthalate

- Triethyl arsenate


For more information visit the ECHA website at echa.europa.eu

 
Commission Regulation amending Annexes IV and V

The Commission Regulation amending Annexes IV and V of the REACH Regulation has been offically published. Member States on the REACH Article 133 Committee voted on the Regulation in June, with all but three voting to accept the text, which has now also been reviewed by the European Parliament.


Please find the official text here:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:268:0014:0019:EN:PDF

 
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SIN list published by leading NGO's

17 September 2008 - Brussels. 10 leading NGO’s representing European civil society have come together to press The European Commission, Member States and ECHA to come up with a more comprehensive REACH candidate list.

They would like to see at least 300 substances on the candidate list instead of the current 16.

Therefore they have launched their so-called SIN (Substitute It Now!) list. Greenpeace is, amongst other members collaborating on the SIN list, committed to push the list in the various committees of ECHA where it is a stakeholder member.

For more information please visit: http://www.sinlist.org

 

 
Important indicatifs non EU producteurs

The 27th May of 2008 the guidance on registration has been updated in line with the new Commission interpretation on aggregation of tonnages. Only Representatives (OR) that represent multiple non-EU producers must submit a separate registration for each of these substance producers.

The Commission announced further changes to the Only Representative rules, which will be included in the guidance on registration in due time (exp. fall 2008).

If you are a non-EU producer make sure to comply with these changes in the guidance on registration.

 
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