REACH, verify which substances have

already been registered

From ECHA's website you can now check which

substances have already been registered.

The list of substances which will be registered

under REACH within 30 November 2010

deadline has been recently updated by ECHA.

The list contains 4.742 substance of which more

than 2000 have been already registered as of

today and users are now able to learn if a given

substance has been already registered or if it

has yet to be registered.

The list, which will be updated periodically can

be consulted on :

http://www.echa.europa.eu/chem_data/list_re

gistration_2010_en.asp

Soluzioni IT

SVHC, a serious headache for big retailers according

an EEB report

A report issued by the European Environmental

Bureau (EEB) reveals that big retailers are breaching

the EU’s flagship regulation on chemicals, while

many products are shown to contain high

concentrations of ‘Substances of Very High Concern’

Read the press release and download the report:

http://www.eeb.org/EEB/index.cfm/news-

events/news/big-retailers-caught-breaching-eu-chemicals-

law/

More than 8.500 registrations on the shelf

Newsletter November 2010

Issue 3

First Substances Added to Authorisation List

A committee of EU member states have voted

to add the first six Substances of Very High

Concern to the REACH Authorisation list.

• 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6- trinitro-m-xylene (musk

xylene)

• 4,4' - diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA)

• hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)

• bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)

• benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)

• dibutyl phthalate (DBP)

Authorisation is the final phase of the REACH

process, meaning that substances cannot be

produced or used in the European Union unless

an authorisation has been given for a specific

use.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has set

so-called "sunset-dates" and under the agreed

rules, musk xylene and MDA cannot be used

from 42 months after the law enters into force

which is expected early in 2011.

DBP, BBP and DEHP phthalates cannot be used

from 48 months and flame retardant HBCDD

from 54 months.

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C&L proposal for six substances

ECHA has published proposals for the harmonised

classification and labelling (C&L) of six substances

for which deadline for comments is next 3

December :

• Amines, coco alkyl;

• Amines, hydrogenated tallow alkyl;

• Amines, Tallow Alkyl;

• Octadecylamine;

• (Z)-octadec-9-enylamine;

• Fenamiphos

See ECHA webpage :

http://echa.europa.eu/consultations/harmonised_

cl_en.asp

A portal for Global Chemicals Safety Information

The International Council of Chemical Associations

(ICCA) has launched a new portal for global

chemicals safety information that provides free,

public access to safety and health information on

chemical substances.

The portal is provided under ICCA’s Global Product

Strategy (GPS) which addresses the product

stewardship components of Responsible Care - the

chemical industry’s premier environmental, health,

safety and sustainable development initiative.

To date more than 1,200 chemical safety

summaries are available and the number of

substances covered is increasing daily.

The GPS portal is located at: www.icca-

chem.org/global-product-strategy

GHG - ICAO agreement allows for airline

inclusion in ETS

International Civil Aviation Organisation

(ICAO) has agreed during a recent meeting

that the EU could extend its Emissions

Trading Scheme (ETS) to all airlines.

Read the article on European Voice:

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/20

10/10/aviation-deal-clears-way-for-

emissions-scheme/69139.aspx

Via F.lli Bandiera, 3

I-20020 Arconate (MI)

ITALY

Phone: +39-346-740.3491

info@compliance2business.eu

Product Stewardship, 10 case histories

ICCA, the International Council of Chemical

Associations has published an interesting brochure

with ten case histories where companies displays

their approach to Product Stewardship through

Responsible Care Global Charter (RCGC) and the

Global Product Strategy (GPS).

The document can be downloaded from :

http://www.icca-

chem.org/ICCADocs/ICCA_GPS2_Sound-Chemicals-

Management-as-Global-Responsibility.pdf

Technical update of RoHS Directive

It was published on the Official Journal the

decision of the European Commission to

update the Annex of Directive 2002/95/EC

amending the exemptions for applications

containing mercury, cadmium, lead,

hexavalent chromium, polybrominated

diphenyl ethers

The document is available at:

http://eur-

lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:

2010:251:0028:0034:EN:PDF