ECHA

We step up our conflict of interest prevention policy

Our Management Board has adopted an updated policy for preventing potential conflicts of interest.

The revised rules provide guidelines for the procurement of scientific services and clarify the independence requirements in ECHA’s committees and expert groups.

Our committees meet in February-March 2026

Are you interested in knowing what our scientific committees will discuss in their upcoming meetings? Have a look at their draft agendas:

• Member State Committee: 10-11 February
• Biocidal Products Committee: 23-25 February
• Committee for Risk Assessment: 2-6 March (+ 10 March tentative)
• Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis: 10-13 March

CLP

Consultations on harmonised classification and labelling

We are looking for comments on the harmonised classification and labelling proposals for:

• prohexadione-calcium (ISO); calcium 3-oxido-5-oxo-4-propionylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate (EC -, CAS 127277-53-6).
  
  
• butane-1,4-diol (EC 203-786-5, CAS 110-63-4).
  
  
• Mono- and di-ortho-phthalate esters with at least one of the following: a linear or branched alkyl moiety with a C4-C6 backbone* with possible substitution by methyl and/or ethyl groups; a benzyl moiety with methylene possibly substituted by methyl and/or ethyl groups; a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl moiety with possible substitution by methyl and/or ethyl groups [*The backbone is defined as the longest linear carbon chain from the ester function.] (EC -, CAS -) 
• 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dipentyl ester, branched and linear [1]; n-pentyl-isopentyl phthalate [2]; di-n-pentyl phthalate [3]; diisopentyl phthalate [4] (EC 284-032-2 [1]; - [2]; 205-017-9 [3]; 210-088-4 [4], CAS 84777-06-0 [1]; 776297-69-9 [2]; 131-18-0 [3]; 605-50-5 [4])
• diisohexyl phthalate (EC 276-090-2, CAS 71850-09-4)
  
• dihexyl phthalate (EC 201-559-5, CAS 84-75-3)
  
• 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C6-8-branched alkyl esters, C7-rich (EC 276-158-1, CAS 71888-89-6)
  
• 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear (EC 271-093-5, CAS 68515-50-4)
  
• diisooctyl phthalate (EC 248-523-5, CAS 27554-26-3)
  
• dibutyl phthalate; [DBP] (EC 201-557-4, CAS 84-74-2)
  
• benzyl butyl phthalate; [BBP] (EC 201-622-7, CAS 85-68-7)
  
• dicyclohexyl phthalate (EC 201-545-9, CAS 84-61-7)
  
• bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; [DEHP] (EC 204-211-0, CAS 117-81-7).
  

Have your say until 27 March 2026.

New proposal to harmonise classification and labelling

A proposal has been submitted for:

• benzyl benzoate (EC 204-402-9, CAS 120-51-4).
  

Biocides

Want to keep using silver phosphoborate glass in product-types 2, 7 and 9?

Companies have withdrawn their interest in getting silver phosphoborate glass approved in the biocides Review Programme for use in product-types 2, 7 and 9?

Notify us until 22 January 2027 to keep this substance in the Review Programme.

IT tools

New Chesar Platform – beta version available

A beta version of the new Chesar Platform is now available and ready to be tested.

Chesar Platform can be used for conducting and reporting chemical risk assessments, serving both the REACH and Biocidal Products Regulations. We continue to develop the application and aim to launch it officially later this year.

European Commission

Decisions on REACH applications for authorisation

The European Commission has granted a total of 10 authorisations for:

• 6 uses of chromium trioxide
• 1 use of sodium dichromate
• 3 uses of tetraethyl lead
• 1 use of arsenic acid.

Find the substances and all details on the Commission website.

Biocides decisions

The European Commission has cancelled the Union authorisation for:

• the single biocidal product 'Nordkalk CL 90-Q'.

The European Commission has granted a Union authorisations for:

• the biocidal product family 'Hydrogen peroxide product family'.
• the single biocidal product 'Nutrinova® Potassium Sorbate BFX Granules'.

Court judgment

General Court dismisses an action against the harmonised classification of DAPD/BENPAT as repro 1B

In case T-174/24 the Court dismissed an action for annulment of the harmonised classification for the substance known as DAPD or BENPAT in hazard class reproductive toxicity category 1B.

The Court rejected arguments related to alleged breaches of the classification criteria, manifest errors of assessment and violation of general principles of EU law.