16 November 2020
Chemicals compliance
The Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1677 has been published which aims to amend Annex VIII of the CLP Regulation.
The changes were necessary due to the different concerns expressed by the industry sectors.
Certainly among the concerns was the difficulty of knowing the exact composition of the raw materials used, the use of different suppliers for the same raw material and also the inability to know in advance the formulations of customized paints.
The news are:
- interchangeable components: these are ingredients that can be grouped but must have the same classification (physical and human health hazards), the same technical function and the same toxicological properties.
-sectors of gypsum, ready-mixed concrete and cement can refer to a standard composition if the complete composition is not available.
- personalize paints: they could present an almost unlimited number of different compositions. Custom paints are exempt from the notification requirements set out in Annex VIII and from the obligation to create a UFI. In this case, in order to allow poison centers to formulate an adequate health emergency response, the individual mixtures contained in the customized paints should nevertheless remain subject to all the requirements set out in that Annex. Consequently, the UFI of all the individual mixtures contained therein must be indicated on the label of the custom paint, together with the specific concentration of each mixture with UFI present in a concentration greater than 5%.
04 April 2024
Chemicals compliance
On 3 April 2024, Regulation 2024/996 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 was published. Below is the list of the amendments: Annex II (prohibited substances): the substance...