Eurobrief June 2012

REACH review delayed

CEMBUREAU has been informed that the European Commission has missed the deadline for publishing its review of the REACH regulation. The review was originally due to be published on 1 June 2013, as indicated in the May 2012 Eurobrief.

Implementation and Enforcement of Restrictions report published

Earlier this month, the final report by Milieu entitled “Implementation and Enforcement of Restrictions under Title VIII and Annex XVII to REACH in the Member States” was published.

Revision of Seveso II Directive adopted by Parliament and Council

On 26 June 2012, the Council adopted Directive 2012/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso III). This follows its adoption by the European Parliament on 14 June 2012.

CLP: consolidated version now available

A consolidated version of the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures Regulation, which takes into account European Commission Regulations (EC) No 790/2009 and (EU) No 286/2011, is now available online.

ECHA 7th’s stakeholders day: documents now available

The presentations given during the seventh European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) Stakeholders' Day, held in Helsinki on 23 May 2012, are now available for download from the ECHA website.