Eurobrief January 2009

Annex I of the Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD - Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances) has been amended for the 31st time (2009/2/EC).

Regulation 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, has been published in the EU’s Official Journal (OJ).

A list of almost 145,000 substances pre-registered by EU firms between June and December 2008 has now been published by ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency.

Art 126 of REACH requires Member States to notify the European Commission by 1 December 2008 of the provisions for the penalties applicable for REACH infringements.