ECHA opens REACH consultation on authorization list
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor -- EDN, March 5, 2009
The ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has commenced a public consultation on first-draft recommendations to the REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals) regulation authorization list. The recommendations concern seven substances that the Helsinki, Finland-based ECHA could include on a list of substances subject to authorization under REACH. The substances find use in a variety of electronics as adhesives, sealants, and flame retardants, among other applications.
The first-draft recommendations further propose that manufacturers should submit applications for authorization 24 to 30 months after REACH adds a substance to the authorization list. REACH will prohibit these substances from manufacture, import, or use in manufacturing processes 42 to 48 months after the inclusion date.
ECHA invites interested parties to comment by April 14, 2009, using forms available at ECHA.
REACH Authorization List Candidates
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musk xylene
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short-chain chlorinated paraffins
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HBCDD (hexabromocyclododecane)
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MDA (diamino-diphenyl methane)
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DEHP (Di [2-ethylhexyl] phthalate)
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BBP (benzyl-butyl phthalate)
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DBP (dibutyl phthalate)
