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Poison Centre Portal Updated 
The poison centre portal has recently been updated to support amended Annex VIII solutions. In particular, derogations for fuels, construction products (standard formulas) and the cross-sector concept of interchangeable components. CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 30 October 2020]

Have you registered for the CHCS AGM & Annual Lectures? 
24 & 25 November 2020, online
As well as the Formal business of the AGM, we will feature presentations on Poison Centre Notification, a Transport of Dangerous Goods update, Enforcement of REACH & CLP for Consumer Products and a UK Chemicals Regulations update. Register Now.  [Posted on 26 October 2020]

New CHCS Workshop: "SCIP Workshop - The Database of Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)"
13 Nov 2020, online
By the end of this session you will be able to make notifications to the SCIP database using the new harmonised format in the ECHA portal. Only 14 places left. Register Now.  [Posted on 6 October 2020]

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]

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

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