Ongoing Dossier Updates Seen As Big REACH For Industry – Study
• By Jamie Hammon
The requirement for registrants to update REACH chemical dossiers when changes occur or new information comes to light represents an endless road, and many companies are running out of gas, suggests a third-party report commissioned by ECHA. Moreover, there's confusion about what needs to be updated, when, and who is responsible, the authors say, extending recommendations for improvements.
Companies in the EU fail to update REACH chemical dossiers because they don’t know they’re supposed to, are unsure of who is responsible and in many cases lack the resources, a third-party study found.
Read the full article – start your free trial today!
Join thousands of industry professionals who rely on HBW Insight for daily insights
Engaging with EU member state legislators, stressing the impact of national EPR systems on the accessibility, availability, and affordability of medicines, reformulating products to reduce their financial contribution, and lobbying for expanding the scope of EPR schemes to include other polluting industries are all ways that the European consumer health industry can try and influence the way that the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is transposed into national legislation, law firm Mason Hayes & Curran explains.
France's food safety regulator ANSES is proposing a reproductive toxicity category 1B classification for CBD under the EU's CLP regulation, which would mean an effective ban on CBD in cosmetics and foods. However, French hemp industry association UIVEC hopes that new evidence coming out of a European Commission review will put the issue to bed before it gets that far.
Two nail care ingredients included in the European Commission’s Omnibus VII, which includes about two dozen ingredients overall, are banned in Europe in September.
Cosmetics Europe is working to obtain derogations for three fragrance and/or cosmetic substances that may be categorized as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, which could result in a ban of their use under the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Cosmetics Europe is working to obtain derogations for three fragrance and/or cosmetic substances that may be categorized as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, which could result in a ban of their use under the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Speaking at a recent AESGP webinar, sustainability expert Onur Durmus called the the European Commission’s “Omnibus” proposals - designed to simplify ESG reporting rules and recently supported by EU Parliament - a “positive development” for the European consumer health industry.
The cosmetics industry in Europe, along with pharmaceuticals, has been directed to financially cover updates to European Union wastewater plants as part of an extended producer liability approach.
