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This is where we'll announce a selection of the most recent regulatory news related items. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

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The Biocidal Products Directive/Regulations

The European Commission are in the process of developing a new Biocidal Products Regulation based on the results of the 7 year review. For more information see ...

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/biocides/revision.htm

In the meantime, they have issued a proposal for a Directive extending the review period by three years. Download/View it here.

HSE have published several BPD/BPR related documents:

  • A Simple Guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations, INDG321 (1 printed copy free from HSE Books or Download/View it here).

  • The transitional arrangements for the Biocidal Products Regulations - A guide for importers and suppliers of biocides, HSG198 (£3.50)

  • A guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations for importers and suppliers of biocides, HSG208 (£11.00)

  • A guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations for users of biocidal products, HSG215 (£5.00)

In Europe, The Commission has published decision papers on most of the borderlines between the BPD and other Directives. These are published separately from the 'Manual of Decisions'. All these documents can be found on the website of DG Environment in the European Commission:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/biocides/borderline.htm

Technical Notes for Guidance on a number of topics have been published by the European Chemicals Bureau (ECB). These cover Annex I inclusion, Data requirements, Dossier preparation and study evaluation, Human exposure and Product evaluation. These and other documents can be downloaded from the website of the Consumer Products Safety & Quality (CPS&Q) Unit of the EU Institute for Health and Consumer Protection:

http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/biocides/ (click on the DOCUMENTS/Public Access tab)

Dangerous Preparations Directive/CHIP

Over the next eight years, the Preparations Directive (1999/45/EC) will be replaced by a new EU Regulation on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures (The CLP Regulation). See below ...

The EU Regulation classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures (The CLP Regulation)

This Regulation will replace the current system of classification and labeling of substances and mixtures (preparations). All substances and mixtures will have to be re-classified and differently labeled. Thus, as just one example, Irritant label becomes Harmful. Substances will have to be reclassified and labeled by 30th November 2010 and mixtures by 31st May 2015.

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The final CLP Regulation has been published in the Official Journal as Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and came into force on 20th January 2009. The Regulation can be found at:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:SOM:EN:HTML, This link is to the Official Journal index page. The CLP regulation is a large document (1355 pages) and you are advised to click the right hand mouse button on the Regulation link and select ‘Save Target As...’ rather than giving it a normal mouse click.

REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals)

The initial period for pre-registration of substances ended on 1st December 2008. Both the chemical industry (Cefic) and the European Chemicals Agency consider it to have been a success. In 2009, the Substance Information Exchange Forums (SIEFs) will get under way. Each company that pre-registers a substance will be a member of the SIEF for that substance. Each SIEF has the responsibility to share data, share costs in an agreed way, agree a hazard classification for the substance and proceed to full registration in one or more tonnage bands. SIEFs may lead to the formation of consortia.

More information REACH can be found on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm and on the HSE website at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/index.htm.

30th and 31st ATPs Published

The 30th and 31st ATPs will be adopted into the new CLP Regulation (see above) as part of the 1st ATP to that Regulation. The 30th ATP can be Downloaded/Viewed here and the 31st ATP can be Downloaded/Viewed here.

 

 


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