ECHA CONTINUES ATTEMPT TO CATEGORSE CHEMICALS TO SIMPLIFY THEIR REACH ADMINSTRATION
June 2nd, 2020
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released a report highlighting progress in work to categorise chemicals so that REACH controls can be rationalised into groups rather than individual chemicals, easing the system’s regulatory complexity. The agency said that last year (2019), ECHA and EU member states reviewed around 220 substances registered above 100 tonnes and allocated them to the relevant chemical pools. One example was a group of 50 ethylene glycol ethers, which can be used to make dyes. Another pool is of chemicals subject to ongoing management ...
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