ECHA - European Chemicals Agency

UNITED KINGDOM House of Lords report calls for urgent clarification on chemicals regulation post-Brexit / Concerns on REACH registrations and data	14.11.2018
ACTEGA Child-friendly TPE compounds / EU's BPA migration amendment takes hold in November	17.08.2018
REACH Deadline to register chemicals on 31 May 2018 / 80,000 registrations already received	31.05.2018
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA proposes EU occupational exposure limits for benzene and ACN	27.03.2018
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU will not classify DINP as reprotoxic / Industry sees its position confirmed	26.03.2018
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Initial results of long-awaited US study says BPA safe for consumers at low doses / PlasticsEurope and BPF satisfied / EFSA will continue assessments until 2019	08.03.2018
REACH Chemicals database to be completed in May / ECHA to increase compliance checks	07.03.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Oxo-biodegradables industry slams EU drive to restrict usage / Conventional polymers seen as the “bigger risk” in microplastics generation	06.03.2018
TOY INDUSTRY ECHA tests find restricted phthalates in toys / Most products REACH-compliant	19.02.2018
UNITED KINGDOM Trade bodies argue for remaining in ECHA / Criticism from Brexit hardliners	26.01.2018
EU PLASTICS STRATEGY First EU-wide strategy on plastics / Focus on recycling / Revision of packaging directive / Framework for waste prevention / Advancing global action / Industry associations make their own recycling commitments	19.01.2018
PLASTICS AND HEALTH PlasticsEurope hails EP's rejection of full BPA food packaging ban / ECHA adds endocrine disruptor to the chemical's SVHC entry / EFSA still awaiting US study conclusion?	16.01.2018
ECHA Bjørn Hansen named executive director at ECHA	03.10.2017
PVC RECYCLING Clouds over VinyLoop's future in Ferrara / Legacy additives in PVC scrap / Crunch date 2019	24.08.2017
WARNECKE & BÖHM Chrome paint instead of metallisation for plastic parts / Alternative to soon to be banned chromium(VI)	11.07.2017
PLASTICS AND HEALTH BPA added to ECHA's SVHC list / Member State Committee unanimous	20.06.2017
TITANIUM DIOXIDE ECHA set to classify pigment as category 2 carcinogen / Industry takes issue	13.06.2017
CORRECTION - PLASTICS AND HEALTH REACH authority extends SVHC rating of plasticisers / Endocrine disruptors	31.03.2017
BOREALIS Launch of first ADCA-free PE material solution for data cables	13.03.2017
TITANIUM DIOXIDE Prices of white pigments rise worldwide / Availability remains tight / Huntsman force majeure adds more pressure / Further cost reductions must come soon / France seeks classification as carcinogenic	23.02.2017
REACH ISOPA publishes regulation guide / Health restrictions for isocyanates	10.02.2017
REACH BPA tops ECHA's new SVHC list / Four chemicals may threaten health and environment	18.01.2017
REACH ECHA proposes six new chemicals for SVHC list	15.09.2016
TITANIUM DIOXIDE ECHA verifying classification of white pigment as "a likely carcinogenic" / German industry calls approach “unfounded and inappropriate”	31.08.2016
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU Commission finally presents proposals for regulating endocrine disruptors / Trade associations critical / Forward strategy based on WHO criteria	20.06.2016