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December 18, 2017
Op-ed by Swedish chemical scientists criticizes EU’s slow pace of regulating hazardous chemicals, highlights magnitude of health and environmental consequences
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December 14, 2017
Member States vote in favor of EU Commission’s new proposal for criteria to identify endocrine disrupting pesticides; exemption for substances with intentional endocrine activity removed; NGOs criticize remaining high burden of proof
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December 13, 2017
PAN Europe criticizes draft guidance for identifying endocrine disruptors published by EFSA and ECHA; too much focus on mode of action of chemicals, precautionary principle overlooked, organization claims
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December 11, 2017
Swedish Chemicals Agency issues new rules for mandatory reporting of nanomaterials data to national products register; rules apply from January 1, 2018; deadline for data submission is February 2019
Topics: nanomaterials, regulation
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December 11, 2017
Speakers at 2017 Smithers Pira “Plastics & Paper” conference summarize recent developments in EU FCM regulation landscape, discuss EU Commission’s proposal for printed FCMs
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December 7, 2017
EFSA and ECHA publish draft guidance document on identification of endocrine disruptors; public consultation open until January 31, 2018
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December 4, 2017
EU Commission publishes new draft regulation on identification criteria for endocrine disruptors in pesticides; draft to be discussed by Member State experts on December 12-13, 2017
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December 4, 2017
EU Commission’s working group on FCMs discusses revision of ceramics directive, consults with industry and consumer organizations
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December 1, 2017
International Chemical Secretariat states that SIN List is ‘more relevant’ than REACH Candidate List for companies looking to identify chemicals to substitute; exposes ECHA’s insufficient focus on ‘non-registered’ substances, lack of progress on ‘already tackled’ substances
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December 1, 2017
EU Commission considers creating FCM stakeholder forum for public interest groups; forum to convene at least once a year to provide input on current and future regulations
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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