ECHA Weekly - 10 April 2024

REACH

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

Reports for the following substance groups are now available on our website:

• Complex inorganics from metallurgy
• Sulfoxyethyl/vinylsulfonylphenyldiazenylnaphthalene dyes (group1)
• Sulfoxyethyl/vinylsulfonylphenyldiazenylnaphthalene dyes (group2)

If you have questions or feedback related to the assessment work, you can send them to us using this webform.

ECHA

Deadline extended: Become part of ECHA's Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis

The call for co-opted members for our Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis has been extended. We are looking for senior experts in:

• substitution of substances of very high concern and analysis of alternatives, as well as socio-economic analysis.

Read more on our website and express your interest until noon 22 April 2024 to join the EU’s key committees on chemical safety.

Enforcement

Stakeholder workshop on enforcing biocidal active substances

On 25 March 2024, we organised a workshop to our accredited stakeholders on the results and recommendations of the harmonised enforcement project on biocides (BEF-2). During the project, the national enforcement authorities checked biocidal products with approved and non-approved active substances.

The agenda, presentations and conclusions from the workshop are now available on our website.

Board of Appeal

Substance evaluation decision annulled

Case A-008-2022 concerns a substance evaluation decision on 5-amino-o-cresol requesting an in vivo mammalian alkaline comet assay (OECD TG 489). The request was based on a concern related to mutagenicity (chromosomal aberration and gene mutation). 

The appellant’s arguments that ECHA committed errors in requesting information to clarify a concern related to gene mutation were rejected.

However, the Board of Appeal found that the Agency had failed to demonstrate that there is a potential risk related to chromosomal aberration. The contested decision was therefore annulled and the case remitted to ECHA for further action.

Others

Report on EU activities in 2023 published

Would you like to know how the EU addressed the challenges of 2023, what it achieved during the year and how citizens benefitted from the main policy developments? Have a look at The EU in 2023 report to find answers to these questions and more.

REACH Committee meeting in April – draft agenda available

The next meeting of the European Commission’s REACH Committee will take place on 26 April 2024.