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Second Amendment Of Annex VIII of CLP (Poison Centres) Is Published
The second amendment to Annex VIII to CLP, concerning poison centres was published in the Official Journal on 13 November 2020 and entered into force on 14 November 2020. CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 23 November 2020]

SCHC: Benefits to CHCS members 
CHCS have a reciprocal agreement with the US-based Society for Chemical Hazard Communication. Members of both organisations can join certain events of the others.

SCHC have announced "Advanced Topics in EHS: Risk Management & Communication", 1 & 3 December 2020. Please see our SCHC web page for more information. [Posted on 20 November 2020]

New "Brexit" Web Pages 
As the end of the transition period is nearly upon us (31 December 2020), and we are starting to learn more about the changes to our own regulations and our future relationships with the EU, we are pleased to present you with several new web pages on specific Brexit-related topics. Please visit our website Brexit page. [Posted on 13 November 2020]

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]

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

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