New restriction intention submitted

Germany submitted an intention to restrict the manufacture, placing on the market and use of 1,4-dioxane (EC 204-661-8; CAS 123-91-1) in surfactants on 19 April 2023. The restriction proposal will be submitted on 12 April 2024.

A call for evidence organised by Germany will open on Thursday 20 April 2023 and close on 20 June 2023.

The next meeting of the European Commission’s REACH Committee will take place on 26-27 April 2023. The meeting documents are available on Commission’s website.

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

New intention and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

One intention has been submitted for: 

• Aminopyralid (EC 604-721-7; CAS 150114-71-9)

Three proposals have been submitted for: 

• 4-tert-butylbenzoic acid (EC 202-696-3; CAS 98-73-7)
• 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde (EC 201-289-8; CAS 80-54-6)
• p-cymene (EC 202-796-7; CAS 99-87-6)

List of notifications to Review Programme updated

An updated list of substance and product-type combinations notified to Review Programme is now available. It includes the names of the notifying companies to help you collaborate when submitting an application for active substance approval. This can help you avoid unnecessary testing on animals.

Member States' plans to submit assessment reports

We have published a table with an overview of dates when evaluating competent authorities are planning to submit assessment reports for biocidal active substance approvals or renewals. The Biocidal Products Committee assesses these reports in their opinion-forming. The table will be updated regularly.

Commission decisions on Union authorisations

The European Commission has granted Union authorisations for:

• biocidal product family C(M)IT/MIT formulations
• single biocidal product Arche Chlorine

Reminder: webinar on analysis of alternatives and tools to support biocides substitution

We will feature several tools to help stakeholders move to safer alternatives. If you are an applicant of biocidal active substances, downstream user, supplier of alternatives, consultant, or from an authority, follow us on 26 April 2023 at 15:00 Helsinki time. If you have questions to our experts, you can start sending them to us already now.