Feature: Does the EU Pic Regulation provide 'consent' to outsource harm?

Echa round-up

EU Parliament urges next Commission to ‘swiftly’ tackle EDCs

Vote applies pressure for 2020 action in toys, cosmetics and FCM sectors

Echa issues failure-to-respond notifications in place of Soncs

Move follows 2018 General Court ruling on dossier evaluation

Echa calls for evidence on lead, diisocyanates

Information will support agency's OEL recommendations

UN rapporteur ‘deeply concerned’ about titanium dioxide labelling proposal

Letter to EU Commission president Juncker highlights issues over cancer warnings

European Parliament gives Horizon Europe go ahead

At least 35% of funding will go to climate-related research

Waste management bodies back Echa SVHC database

Data in one place a ‘great help’

European detergents body builds case for digitalisation of product labels

Trade body ramps up initiative with Echa, UN discussions

Data needed on 1,300 high priority chemicals – Echa

First report on ‘mapping the universe’ of registered EU substances

Low doses of nano cerium dioxide cause lung inflammation, major study finds

Results are 'surprising and unexpected'

Feature: Russia-led bloc pushing ahead on Eurasia-REACH

2020 deadline expected for pre-registration of substances, mixtures

More work needed on UK REACH-IT system – CIA

Lack of functionality for first-time registrant, Osor issues

Country Focus: Russia-led bloc pushing ahead on Eurasia-REACH

New EU portal to ease medical devices Regulations transition

Decisions to authorise uses of SVHCs adopted by EU Commission

Automotive chrome plating, industrial uses granted

NGO asks Commission to accept pigment authorisation court ruling

NGO Platform: Regulating substances as groups

Echa round-up

Echa, AskREACH trying to align SVHC databases

Industry wary of entering data twice

Brexit: REACH registration transfers exceed 5,000

Voluntary EU cosmetics digital ingredients initiative underway

Third phase of Cosmetics Europe project on consumer information

Researchers urge more protection for workers from organic flame retardants

Further evaluation of replacement substances required

‘Free from’ claims in cosmetics face possible EU restrictions

Member states can choose whether to implement new rules from July

Nordic countries push for global agreement on ocean plastics

Declaration asks for study on specific measures to combat pollution

Paper, board sectors release amended FCM guidelines

Lack of a EU-wide measure for the materials has created disadvantage in the market

CLP report examines poison centre mixture provisions issue

Workability suggestions for construction, paints and detergents sectors

Toxicity indicators added to chemical emissions measurement methods, JRC

EU highlights concerns with Israel’s draft cosmetics regulation

Quarterly report requirement 'challenging and time consuming'

NGOs propose key principles for future EU FCM regulation

Effective enforcement and more transparency needed