REACH

Consultation on the proposed restriction of octocrilene

France has submitted a proposal to restrict the placing on the market of finished cosmetic products containing octocrilene in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.001 % w/w.

Have your say until 24 March 2026. 

Our scientific committees welcome early comments by 23 January 2026 to assist them in the preliminary discussions of the proposal.

Testing proposals

We have launched 33 new consultations on testing proposals.

Have your say until 10 November 2025.

CLP

New intentions to harmonise classification and labelling

Two intentions have been submitted for:

• penoxsulam (ISO); 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzene-1-sulfonamide; 3-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene-2-sulfonamide (EC -, CAS 219714-96-2)
• Formaldehyde released from the reaction products of paraformaldehyde and benzyl alcohol (EC -, CAS -)

Drinking Water Directive

European positive lists now in ECHA CHEM

The European positive lists under the Drinking Water Directive are now included in our chemicals database, ECHA CHEM.

The information in ECHA CHEM is searchable and can be sorted by, for example, material type. Additionally, users can access other relevant information on substances included in the positive lists, such as some data collected under the REACH or CLP regulations.

To find out more about the European positive lists and the data available in ECHA CHEM, join our stakeholders' workshop online on 27-28 October 2025.

ECHA

Member State Committee meets in October

The draft agenda of the upcoming meeting of our Member State Committee is now online. The committee will meet during 7-8 October 2025.

Contractor for economics consulting services

We are looking for a contractor to support ECHA in the development or improvement of socio-economic analysis and impact assessment methodology. 

Read more online and submit your interest to participate in our negotiated procedure before 16 October 2025.

Open positions

Traineeships for newly-qualified graduates

We offer up to 20 graduate traineeship opportunities per year in scientific fields such as chemistry, toxicology, biology, environmental science and technology, as well as in the fields of law, communications, finance, human resources, and ICT. 

Find all the details on our website and apply until noon 17 October 2025 to start with the next batch in March 2026.

European Commission

Biocides decisions on Union authorisations

The Commission has granted a Union authorisation for:

• the single biocidal product CLARMARIN® 350 LD
• the biocidal product family BPF Propan-2-ol Dr Deppe

The Commission has amended a Union authorisation due to administrative changes for:

• the biocidal product family C(M)IT/MIT formulations