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The EU REACH Committee Has Recently Reached Two Authorized Key Agreements.

2010/10/8 13:59:00 27

In September 22, 2010, according to CHEMICAL WATCH,

European Union

The REACH committee reached two authorized key agreements.

The meeting approved the first proposed substance of the first authorized list of the annex XIV issued by ECHA, but this list does not include short chain chlorinated paraffin (SCCPs, short-chain chlorinated paraffins).

SCCPs was not selected because the REACH Committee believed that the substance had been incorporated into the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for the long term Convention on the prevention and control of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

The following six substances must be pressed.

REACH

Annex XIV authorizes:

Musk xylene

4,4 '- two amino two phenyl methane (MDA)

Six bromo cyclic twelve alkane (HBCDD) (and all major non enantiomers)

O-phenyl two formic acid two (2- ethyl hexyl) ester (DEHP)

Butyl benzyl ortho two benzoate (BBP)

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)

Enterprises need to apply

To grant authorization

We must strictly observe the start time and end time of Material Authorization (also known as sunset time).

The REACH Committee has approved the schedule of all authorized substances submitted by ECHA, but as most member states consider that HBCDD authorization may have a greater impact on the downstream construction industry users of the production and use of polystyrene insulation panels, and the energy saving and carbon reduction plans will also be adversely affected, HBCDD's application time is allowed to be extended for 9 months longer than the proposal.

In addition, annex XIII of the REACH code is set up for the classification criteria of persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity (PBTs) and highly persistent and highly bioaccumulated (vPvBs) substances.

The annex I of the code amends the provisions of the relevant material assessment and chemical safety report.

The annex XVII of the regulations provides for a series of restrictive clauses relating to the manufacture, use and marketing of substances, products and articles.

Annex I has made minor changes to adapt to CLP regulations and the new REACH regulation XIII.

The two provisions of the REACH regulation annex XVII - the use of forty-fourth two benzoethers (diphenylether), five bromine derivatives (pentabromo derivatives) and fifty-third perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS) - are deleted.

The substances involved in the deletion clause have been incorporated into the EU POP convention.

The EU REACH Committee passed the PBT and vPvB material standards specified in Annex XIII of the REACH code and permitted the use of the "evidence weight" to assess the priority level of the authorized substances.

The debate within the REACH committee is mainly about the time limit for authorizing applications.

In the commentary, senior chemicals policy officer of WWF recommends that enterprises seek safer alternatives for authorized substances as soon as possible.