Slovenia proposes EU SVHC status for one chemical

Slovenia proposes EU SVHC status for one chemical

Slovenia proposes listing N-hexane as a Substance of Very High Concern for its toxicity. Public comments are open until October 16th 2025. If approved, its use would require authorization and eventual phase-out. Slovenia has proposed the identification of N-hexane as...
Slovenia proposes EU SVHC status for one chemical

Siloxanes update – Cyclic and linear

The proposal to list D4, D5, and D6 as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention has been closed.L2 and H-L3 have been excluded from SVHC consideration after being confirmed not to meet PBT/vPvB criteria.L3, L4, and M3T were added to the SVHC...
PIC – EU Commissions plans to add 38 chemicals

PIC – EU Commissions plans to add 38 chemicals

The EU commission plans on including 38 new chemicals to Annex I of the EU’s Prior Informed Consent. Notification duties for companies are to be triggered as the EU commission is awaiting feedback on the idea of including 29 industrial chemicals, 9 pesticides (and...
PIC – EU Commissions plans to add 38 chemicals

EU Commission on terminating the SCIP database

The EU commission is considering scrapping the Substance of Concern In Products database (SCIP). The substance of concern in products database (SCIP) is at risk of being discontinued by the European Commission. This is being considered to help ease the regulatory...
Slovenia proposes EU SVHC status for one chemical

France Proposes Classification for Resorcinol

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has confirmed that France’s harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) dossier has proposed resorcinol as a category 1 endocrine disruptor for humans (ED HH). Since the introduction of new hazard classes for endocrine disruption...