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NEWS OF INTEREST |
31 July 2012 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a new Guidance in a Nutshell on data sharing following the update of the Guidance on the same subject. The document is now available in the Guidance section of the ECHA website.
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01 June 2012 |
The consolidated version of the REACH regulation incorporates all of the amendments and corrigenda. |
10 June 2011 |
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and
use of biocidal products.The new text will be applicable from 1 September 2013, with a transitional period for certain provisions.
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21 Nov. 2011 |
Facts finding from REACH inspections. Period: May 2010 - April 2011. The Report |
8 Sept. 2011 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published new Guidance on the compilation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) (Ver 1.0 - Sept 2011).
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6 July 2011 |
CEFIC publishes a template letter to be used by companies requesting full registration numbers from suppliers at the request of the REACH inspectors, in the case the registration number has been truncated in the received Safety Data Sheets (SDS) - which is permitted in certain circumstances under REACH.
Instant online verifications: By construction B-Lands' instant online verification tool circumvents occulted digits in truncated REACH registration numbers, thus still manages to flag erroneous numbers from the suppliers with a 100% success rate since June 2008. Verifications on the fly aren't limited to REACH registration numbers. Any ECHA driven compliance process (C&L notification, Inquiry, etc) is seamlessly supported. |
10 June 2011 |
French authorities clear the deadlock on the application of the 0.1% w/w threshold for substances in articles by generalizing the definition of an article (manufactured product). This new approach defines an article as a collection of objects that individually meet the definition of an article as specified in Article 3 of REACH. Provisions set on Articles 7(2) and 33 are therefore applicable to each constituent object. See  national transposition, 8 June 2011.
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9 June 2011 |
On 8 June 2011, a full day REACH enforcement inspection was conducted in the premises of B-Lands Consulting in Grenoble (France), in regard of the company Only Representative (OR) and Third Party Representative (TPR) roles.
The enforcing authorities closely operated in line with the measures introduced in the 9th meeting of the Forum For Exchange Of Information On Enforcement.
B-lands rationale for Pre-registrations, late preregistrations, SIEF participations, substance registrations process and... isolate intermediates registration were extensively assessed. Along with others, the complex issue regarding the compulsory transmission/generation of any safety data sheets (SDS) for mixtures by a legal entity acting as the Only Representative was also tackled.
Finally, at the end of the day, inspectors were satisfied with the level of technical, administrative information and in-house resources they were given access to. |
6 June 2011 |
Focus: Forum For Exchange Of Information On Enforcement
Document: MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR REACH AND CLP INSPECTIONS.
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11 May 2011 |
After screening over 400 dossiers of substances registered as intermediates, The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has discovered that the majority of them (86%) do not seem to meet the conditions imposed by REACH. ECHA is urging registrants of intermediates to proactively reassess and, where necessary, update their registration dossiers.
More information on: Registration of Isolated Intermediates - Strictly Controlled Conditions (SCC) |
31 March 2011 |
The Commission publishes new criteria under Regulation (EU) No 333/2011 for determining when certain types of scrap metal can no longer be considered as waste under Directive 2008/98/EC. |
18 Feb. 2011 |
The first set of six substances subject to authorisation under REACH has been officially added to Annex XIV - Regulation (EU) No 143/2011 of 17 February 2011-
The six substances are:
5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene) [CLP]; 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA) [CLP]; hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD); bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) [CLP]; benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) [CLP]; and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) [CLP].
More about the Authorisation Process. [Corrigendum Reg. 143/2011]
Lookup if any of those substances might have been pre-registered by others.
Full registrations: 202-974-4;247-148-4;204-211-0;201-622-7;201-557-4 |
06 Oct. 2010 |
Quick snapshot at the current registration trends and statistics As of 06 October 2010. Source: ECHA |
13 Sept. 2010 |
The Commission reminds companies that they must register the most widely used or most dangerous chemicals by the deadline of 30 November this year, less than 12 weeks from now. More |
18 June 2010 |
Contingency planning for businesses having to address the inadvertent Pre-registration of ELINCS (EC#: 4XX-XXX-X) in response to inquiries from Member State Competent Authorities. Exit strategies - Line of defence. Rationale (Manual of Decisions -DSD-). - Seeking professional Help. |
15 June 2010 |
Strategy and guidance for enforcement of REACH in the UK in regard of Regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). |
25 May 2010 |
CLP Fees: Commission Regulation (EU) No 440/2010 of 21 May 2010 on the fees payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. |
15 April 2010 |
Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, an ambitious bill aimed at revamping the 34-year-old US Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. The bill summary. Related. |
12 April 2010 |
Due to the massive difficulties that lay ahead of many companies having a registration deadline set on
1 Dec 2010, B-Lands Consulting is offering free REACH & CLP consultancy through 29 Nov. 2010 (Voucher code/Coupon: BLREACH0611W)
 Email: helpdesk@reachteam.eu - Free Hotline: +33 686 593 335
Email: helpdesk@reachteam.fr - Hotline Gratuite: 06 3294 2595 |
9 April 2010 |
A quick review of the European Commission's proposal for a revised version of Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS). |
1 April 2010 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) publishes Guidance for Annex V.
Annex V describes the exemption conditions from the obligation to register in accordance with Article 2(7)(b) of the REACH Regulation. REACH Article 2(7)(b) sets out general criteria for exempting substances covered by Annex V from the registration, downstream user and evaluation requirements. |
26 March 2010 |
ECHA publishes a new release of the Guidance on the Use Descriptor System (R12). The update introduces a descriptor element to cover the environment, better explains the practical use of the descriptor system and structures the relationship between the use descriptor system and Tier 1 exposure estimates for workers, consumers and the environment. These changes in guidance are not impacting manufacturers, importers and downstream users that have been using B-Lands use mapping template. In anticipation and with only a few months left before the first registration deadline on 1 Dec 2010, this template was not aligned with the previous official R12 guidance, but with the ongoing draft versions, resulting in no changes with regard to the new release. |
18 March 2010 |
Searching the list of currently REGISTERED SUBSTANCES:
In accordance with Articles 119 and 77(2)(e) of REACH, ECHA is now complying with the obligation to disclose limited information on registered substances.
As a consequence, B-Lands' search helper has been enhanced to allow quick intuitive searching of both pre-registered and registered substances from a single entry point. |
17 Fev. 2010 |
Released updated version of QuickREACH to factor in the latest changes in harmonised classification and labelling. Fixed error in CLP Regulation 239-793-2 --> 239-793-5 [CLP Page 355], uncaught in the ESIS Database updating, resulting in misclassification of substance. |
11 Fev. 2010 |
B-Lands publishes an Overview of Key CLP Obligations [Reg (EC) No. 1272/2008] |
2 Nov. 2009 |
B-Lands releases an editable Use Mapping Template [Use Descriptor System] |
29 Oct. 2009 |
B-Lands deploys a search helper for providing a more friendly touch to the process of searching the list of pre-registered substances. The helper makes sure that anyone can hit the mark even with ill formatted inputs. |
