On December 23, 2022, the Decision (EU) 2022/2570, concerning the approval of the active substance silver nitrate (EC: 231-853-9; CAS: 7761-88-8), was published in the Official Journal.
We would like to point out that the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change (MoEUCC) released, on February 3, 2023, the updated guidance on the registration requirements under the KKDIK regulation, introducing relevant changes.
In its weekly news, ECHA published the draft agenda of the next BPC meeting that will be held on the 1st and 2nd of March, 2023.
On 13 January 2023, a some of European states proposed to ECHA a restriction on the use of PFAS with the objective of reducing emissions into the environment.
The 21st National Congress of the Italian Society of Toxicology (SITOX) was held in Bologna from the 20th to the 22nd of February. The topic of the Congress was “Danger, risk and risk-benefit ratio”.
The EU Commission is going to propose to the REACH Committee the refusal for Authorisation of authorization for the use of chromium trioxide presented by CTACsub for the use in functional plating with decorative character, the so-called “Use 3”.
The Candidate List to authorisation of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) has been updated with nine new hazardous chemicals and now contains 233 entries.
The European Commission has recently proposed a revised Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and introduced new hazard classes – for endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemical substances –to improve protecting people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.
The European Commission adopted new limit rules for 4 perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in food.
The Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) for 2023-2025 will be adopted and published by ECHA in March, following the Member State Committee’s opinion. 24 substances will be listed for their evaluation by EU Member States.