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Member States Slowly Starting To Use The New Portal
There are now six Member States that are accepting Annex VIII notifications through the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) portal.
CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 24 August 2020]

New CHCS Webinar: "GHS vs. Dangerous Goods: Section 14 Might Be More Difficult Than You Realize"
To be presented by Gene Sanders, W.E Train Consulting on 1 October 2020, 13:30 BST. Register Now (free of charge for members of CHCS).  [Posted on 24 August 2020]

New CHCS Webinar: "Dangerous Goods To And From The USA: Can The Americans Be Serious?"
To be presented by Gene Sanders, W.E Train Consulting on 24 September 2020, 13:30 BST. Register Now (free of charge for members of CHCS).  [Posted on 24 August 2020]

New CHCS Webinar: "An Introduction To In Silico Toxicology – (Q)SAR And Read-Across"
To be presented by Dr. Elena Fioravanzo, of ToxNavigation Ltd. 15 September 2020, 13:30 BST. Register Now (free of charge for members of CHCS).  [Posted on 24 July 2020]

CHCS Statement On Coronavirus / COVID-19
In response to the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, we have prepared a statement on how we are responding to the challenges this raises. You can read the current statement at: Coronavirus / COVID-19. We will update this as and when necessary. [Updated on 19 May 2020]

Option To Anonymise The Unique Formula Identifier (UFI)
The Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) generator has been updated to allow companies to chose not to use their company VAT number to create their UFIs.
CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 22 June 2020]

Endocrine Disruptors - 1st CHCS Video

We have produced our first video for members: "Endocrine Disruptors", which is available to members free-of-charge.

This introductory video explains the various components of the human endocrine system and how they interact, to help understand the mechanisms of endocrine disruptors on human systems.

The video is just over 10 minutes long.

To register for access to the video, please visit our video registration page: Endocrine Disruptors Video Registration.

[Posted on 1 July 2019]

News Briefings Summary

• 26 May 2020
  New ECHA CLP Guidance Documents Published
  
  
• 19 May 2020
  Draft Regulation Amending Article 25 Of CLP
  
  
• 23 April 2020
  Draft Second Amendment to Annex VIII of CLP
  
  
• 23 April 2020
  Reminder: 13th ATP to CLP applicable from 1st May 2020
  
  
• 23 March 2020
  Multilateral Agreements For ADR & RID
  
  
• 17 March 2020
  The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
  
  
• 3 March 2020
  UK Chemical Industry: Regulatory Divergence
  
  
• 2 March 2020
  Corrigendum To the 14th ATP Published
  
  
• 10 February 2020
  Third Corrigendum To ADR 2019 Published
  
  
• 13 January 2020
  Poison Centres - Annex VIII amendment published
  
  
• 21 November 2019
  CHCS 2019 AGM & Annual Lectures: Presentations Now Available
  
  
• 21 November 2019
  Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 Establishes  A 5th List Of Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (IOELVs)
  
  
• 12 November 2019
  ECHA publishes draft CoRAP for 2020-2022
  
  
• 22 October 2019
  GHS Revision 8
  
  
• 21 October 2019
  Model Regulations, 21st Revised Edition
  
  
• 20 October 2020
  IATA Publishes Significant Changes To The 61st Edition Of The Dangerous Goods Regulations
  
  
• 20 October 2019
  CHCS October 2019 Newsletter Now Published
  
  
• 1 October 2019
  Draft amendment to REACH Annex II
  
  
• 30 September 2019
  Poison Centre First Deadline To Be Postponed
  
  
• 23 September 2019
  Updated advice for UK-based companies intending to export chemicals listed in the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation to EU countries in the period immediately following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
  

CHCS Members can read these News items, and older posts, on the CHCS News Briefings page.