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New update of Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs)

On 15^th January 2019, the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has released the new Candidate List of SVHCs. With the addition of 6 new substances, the current list of SVHCs contains 197 substances.

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Recent Updates Regarding REACH

Below table includes a summary of some additional recent updates (non-exhaustive) regarding REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006:

Summary of main recent updates
Date	Subject	Link
December 2018	ECHA published the work programme for the next five years where one of the main priorities will be targeting imported articles containing substances subject to authorisation and restrictions.	Forum Work Programme 2019-2023 here.
January 2019	New restriction intention submitted: Undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and related substances (EC -) The expected submission date for the dossier is 27 September 2019.
January 2019	ECHA submitted proposals to restrict: Microplastics (EC -) Formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers (EC/CAS -) Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) (EC 208-764-9), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) (EC 209-136-7) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) (EC 208-762-8) The dossiers will be published on ECHA's website on 30 January, to ensure transparency and that stakeholders have enough time to prepare for the six-month public consultations. The public consultations will start in April 2019 if the dossiers pass conformity.	Registry of restriction intentions here.
January 2019	The following restriction proposal will be submitted by 12 April 2019: Calcium cyanamide (EC 205-861-8)	Registry of restriction intentions here.

Recent Updates Regarding CLP

Below table includes a summary of the main recent updates (non-exhaustive) regarding CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008:

Summary of main recent updates
Date	Subject	Link
January 2019	ECHA has published an updated version of its Introductory Guidance on the CLP Regulation (version 3.0).	Introductory Guidance on the CLP Regulation updated ( Version 3.0) here.
January 2019	Public consultation on the harmonised classification and labelling: The deadline for comments for the following substances is 8^th March 2019: Dimethomorph (ISO); (E,Z)-4-(3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acryloyl) morpholine (EC 404-200-2; CAS 110488-70-5).	Public consultation on harmonised classification and labelling here.
January 2019	Proposals to harmonise classification and labelling for: Trizinc diphosphide (EC 215-244-5, CAS 1314-84-7) 2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol, tribromo derivative; 3-bromo-2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propan-1-ol (EC 253-057-0; CAS 1522-92-5, 36483-57-5) Dibutyltin di(acetate) (EC 213-928-8, CAS 1067-33-0 N-(2-nitrophenyl)phosphoric triamide (EC 477-690-9, CAS 874819-71-3) 6-[(C10-C13)-alkyl-(branched, unsaturated)-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl]hexanoic acid (EC -, CAS 2156592-54-8) 6-[C12-18-alkyl-(branched, unsaturated)-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl]hexanoic acid, sodium and tris(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium salts (EC -, CAS -) 4-methylimidazole (EC 212-497-3, CAS 822-36-6) 3-methylpyrazole (EC 215-925-7, CAS 1453-58-3)	Click here for the Registry of CLH intentions until outcome.

California Proposition 65 Reformulations (January, 2019)

California Proposition 65 is the ‘Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986’, which has been effective for almost 30 years. Due to the implement of California Proposition 65, more and more court cases are settled to reduce the exposure of carcinogenic and reproductive chemicals by reformulating the consumer products containing such chemicals.

In order to keep retailers and manufacturers up-to-date, the highlights of some recent consent agreements are summarized as below:

Product

Chemical

Limit

Case No

Cable lock and luggage tag

DBP, DINP

1000ppm

Products exceed the limit shall utilize a warning statement.

Out of court