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Council adopts biocides regulation
The Council today adopted1 a regulation amending biocides regulation 528/2012/EU (PECOS 140/13). Biocides are chemicals used to suppress organisms that are harmful to human or animal health or that cause damage to natural or manufactured materials. Examples of biocidal products are insect repellents, disinfectants and industrial chemicals such as anti-fouling paints for ships and material ...
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Agreement reached on access to the market of biocidal products
The Permanent Representatives Committee today approved a compromise agreed with the European Parliament on a draft regulation amending the biocides regulation 528/2012/EU. It herewith endorsed a compromise reached between the Lithuanian presidency and representatives of the European Parliament and the Commission on 2 December. Biocides are chemicals used to suppress organisms that are harmful ...
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Marketing and Use of Biocidal Products in the European Union - Webinar Invitation
September 19, 2012 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EDT) 15:00 p.m. – 17:00 p.m. (BST) The Acta Group (Acta) will hold a complimentary webinar on September 19, 2012, to outline and discuss changes to the European Union (EU) regulations for companies marketing biocidal active substances and biocidal products in the EU. The new Biocides Regulation (EC regulation 528/2012) adopted on May 22, ...
By Acta Group
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Understanding the Biocidal Products Regulation - Useful help now available
The REACH Centre has published a useful guide to assist manufacturers and importers of products and articles that contain pesticides, detergents, preservatives and other biocidal products. Containing definitions and an explanation of the product-types, the guide provides a handy overview and helps affected manufacturers and importers to understand the Biocidal Products Regulation. The guide ...
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Marketing and Use of Biocidal Products in the European Union - Webinar Invitation
September 19, 2012 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EDT) 15:00 p.m. – 17:00 p.m. (BST) The Acta Group (Acta), Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.'s (B&C) consulting affiliate, will hold a complimentary webinar on September 19, 2012, to outline and discuss changes to the European Union (EU) regulations for companies marketing biocidal active substances and biocidal products in the EU. The ...
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NIA contributes to the definition of priorities for OECD testing guidelines and guidance adaptations to nanomaterials presented at the ECHA NMEG-18
On the 21st November ECHA hosted the 18th meeting of the Nanomaterial Expert Group in Helsinki, where technical issues relating to the implementation of REACH, CLP and the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) for nanomaterials were discussed. The discussion included a presentation on the strategy put forwards by the EU project NanoHarmony on how to prioritise OECD Test Guidelines ...
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ECHA creates web page for Nanomaterials Expert Group
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has created a web page for the Nanomaterials Expert Group (NMEP), which was created in October 2012. NMEP aims to seek common ground among experts on scientific and technical issues regarding the implementation of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, the Classification, Labeling, and Packaging (CLP) ...
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Proposed EU biocidal products regulation addresses nanomaterials
On November 23, 2011, the European Union (EU) Council's committee of the permanent representatives of each member state (COREPER) approved the compromise agreement on the proposed EU biocidal products regulation that would repeal and replace the biocidal products Directive 98/8/EC. Under the compromise reached by the EU Council and the European Parliament (EP), biocides would be reviewed ...
By Acta Group
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Proposed EU Biocidal Products Regulation Addresses Nanomaterials
On November 23, 2011, the European Union (EU) Council's committee of the permanent representatives of each member state (COREPER) approved the compromise agreement on the proposed EU biocidal products regulation that would repeal and replace the biocidal products Directive 98/8/EC. Under the compromise reached by the EU Council and the European Parliament (EP), biocides would be reviewed ...
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Biocides Review Programme Regulation: First deadlines in October 2015 to notify certain active substances
By 14 October 2015, companies need to notify ECHA if they are using dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide as an active substance in disinfectants and algaecides that are not intended for direct application to humans or animals. The next deadline to notify existing active substances currently not supported in the Review Programme is on 30 October. The Review Programme Regulation offers companies ...
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ECHA publishes Guidance on applications for technical equivalence concerning biocides
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a new Guidance on applications for technical equivalence. The document is now available in the Guidance section of the ECHA website. This guidance document is intended to inform potential applicants about how and when they need to apply for an assessment of technical equivalence of an active substance and on the procedural steps in making such ...
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Ozone Registration Group - EU Biocidal Products Regulation Ozone
Under EU law the Biocidal Product Regulation requires both substance and product registration for ozone equipment. Four manufacturers of ozone equipment have joined forces to prepare and submit an active substance dossier for the approval of ozone. Since September 1st 2013 the Biocidal Product Regulation EU/528/2012 (BPR) is in force and is superseding the former Biocidal Product Directive ...
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EU REACH & UK REACH
REACHReady has been kept busy delivering REACH and CLP Assurance through online and onsite consultancy to companies based in the UK and EU. REACHReady Consultancy and Bespoke training is tailored around specific clients’ business compliance needs. Whether your busines operation is in UK or the EU, this is an opportunity for you to go through inhouse processes to ensure that your business ...
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ECHA Announces Signed Agreement for EU Observatory for Nanomaterials
On December 7, 2016, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the signing of a delegation agreement between ECHA and the European Commission (EC) on the European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EU-ON). According to ECHA, the information sources for the EU-ON will include data generated by various pieces of EU legislation regulating the safe use of nanomaterials (e.g., the Registration, ...
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The Acta Group and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Publish In-depth Article on the European Union`s (EU) Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) and Its Impact on Industry
The Acta Group's (Acta) Andrew R. Bourne and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.'s (B&C®) Lisa R. Burchi and Lara A. Hall, M.S., RQAP-GLP, have published an article entitled "EU Biocidal Products Regulation and Its Impact on Industry: A Practical Briefing" in the February 27, 2014, issue of Bloomberg BNA's Daily Environment Reporter. The article was written to help industry, especially those ...
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ECHA publishes two new Guidance documents concerning biocides
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has today published Guidance on information requirements for biocides and on active substance suppliers. Two new guidance documents are applicable from 1 September 2013, the date of entry into operation of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR). The aim of the Guidance on information requirements is to provide detailed and practical direction on the study ...
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2014 chemical regulatory training programme announced
The REACH Centre, a leading global provider of Regulatory, Scientific Services and Training in Chemicals Management has added more than 30 course dates to its training programme for 2014. Topics include all aspects of REACH and chemical regulations management. For REACH, they offer courses such as ‘Introduction to REACH’, ‘REACH Registration Management’ or ...
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ECHA Biocidal Products Committee Issues Opinion on HeiQ AGS-20
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) adopted an opinion on April 10, 2014, concerning HeiQ AGS-20 (AGS-20). The European Commission (EC) requested an opinion on the following questions: With regard to the biocidal product AGS-20, should silver or silver adsorbed on silicon dioxide be considered as the active substance? Would this active substance meet the ...
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European Commission issues notice on industrial products in the context of UK withdrawal from the EU
On 22 January 2018, the European Commission published a notice to stakeholders on the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the EU related to the field of industrial products. In view of the considerable uncertainties concerning which rules may or may not remain in place in the UK after its withdrawal from the EU, the European Commission has issued this notice to ...
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Washing nanotextiles: can nanosilver escape from clothes?
New research demonstrates how nanoparticles of silver in antibacterial socks and other fabrics may be released into the environment by washing. The study suggests that the release of silver from the textiles depends to a large extent on the way the silver has been incorporated into the fabric and that producers have possibilities for minimising release. Nanosilver is already in fairly widespread ...
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