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April 6, 2016
ECHA, JRC and RIVM release guidance report on nanoform grouping in harzard assessment; recommend minimizing toxicological testing
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April 5, 2016
ECHA reports on activities to identify substances of very high concern in 2015; focus on endocrine disrupting chemicals
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March 22, 2016
ECHA board of appeal decides that agency has failed to sufficiently check the completeness of a substance dossier before handing out a registration number
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February 29, 2016
France declares intention of proposing BPA as a substance of very high concern by August 2016
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February 26, 2016
ECHA reports on evaluation activities in 2015; finds data gaps for the majority of evaluated substances of high concern; encourages registrants to update their dossiers
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January 21, 2016
ECHA launches new portal on its website making available information on 120,000 chemicals
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December 21, 2015
European Court of Justice ruling requires notification of every article incorporated in a complex product when containing SVHCs above 0.1%; ECHA updates guidance
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December 18, 2015
New additions to Candidate List of substances of very high concern; UV-filters and perfluorinated compound among candidates
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December 7, 2015
ECHA’s Committee for Socio-economic Assessment considers benefits of restricting BPA in thermal paper unlikely to be higher than costs; ultimate decision to be taken by European Commission
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November 23, 2015
ECHA recommends 11 SVHCs for inclusion in REACH Authorization List; substances listed in FCM inventories among candidates; public consultation open until February 18, 2016
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