European Commission

Regulation:ECHA

CoRAP 2025-2027: ECHA's proposal

On 18 December 2024, ECHA (European Chemicals Agenncy) announced the publication of its proposal for an updated Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP). This list includes 28 substances of concern to be assessed by Member States under the REACH Regulation in 2025, 2026, and 2027. Among them, six can be used in cosmetics. The final plan will be adopted in March 2025.

Consultation on the CLH classification of Aminomethyl Propanol

On 16 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a consultation on the Austria’s proposal for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of Aminomethyl Propanol, a buffering agent. This consultation is open until 14 February 2025.

Intention of CLH classification for Nerol

On 11 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published Denmark’s proposal for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) for Geraniol, a perfuming agent.

ECHA's RAC validates CMR classification for several cosmetic ingredients

On 5 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reviewed the latest meetings of its Scientific Committees. On the agenda: six opinions from the CER (Committee for Risk Assessment) on proposed CLH classifications affecting ingredients that may be used in cosmetics.

Intention of CLH classification for Geraniol

On 4 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published Denmark’s proposal for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) for Geraniol, a perfuming agent included in the list of labelled allergens.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

D4/D5: Consultation by ECHA

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The European Chemicals Agency launched a call for comments and evidence on Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Th...

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

ECHA makes available REACH data on 15,000 substances

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Key information on around 15,000 chemicals can now be downloaded and used on ECHA website. According to the European Chemicals Agency, researchers, re...

Monday, October 31, 2016

CoRAP: ECHA's proposal for 2017-2019

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ECHA has just published its proposal to update the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2017-2019. The draft plan contains 117 substances propose...

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

CoRAP update for 2016-2018 adopted

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As expected, ECHA has adopted the updated Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2016-2018 with 138 substances to be evaluated. According to the pl...

Monday, March 21, 2016

ECHA: RAC concludes on restricting D4 and D5

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In its plenary meeting held from 29 February to 10 March, the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) agreed to support the proposal of the UK to restrict...

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A new search engine for chemicals

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has just launched a new search engine on its website, to find information on 120 000 chemicals used in Europe tod...

Monday, December 14, 2015

REACH: many companies still miss their registration duties

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The third REACH-EN-FORCE project by ECHA's Enforcement Forum shows that 13 % of inspected companies have missed some of their REACH registration dutie...

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

ECHA asks registrants additional information for testing proposals

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To further ensure that testing on animals is only done as a last resort, ECHA has started requesting additional information from registrants who submi...

Monday, November 2, 2015

CoRAP: ECHA's proposal for 2016-2018

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ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has just published its proposal to update the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP). The draft plan contains 138 subs...

Thursday, September 17, 2015

REACH & CLP: ECHA releases two guides for SMEs

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released two practical guides to help small and medium-sized enterprises in their way to be compliant with EU...

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

ECHA proposes 15 substances for REACH authorisation

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15 substances of very high concern (SVHCs) are recommended to be added to the REACH Authorisation List. These substances were prioritised from the Can...

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

In short - CoRAP 2015-2017 adopted

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ECHA has adopted the new Community rolling action plan (CoRAP). Based on the update proposal published in October 2014, the final list substances that...