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11 Jun 2026
Summary of ECHA's 6th Report on Alternatives to Animal Testing for REACH Regulation
The ‘6th report on the use of alternatives to testing on animals for the REACH regulation’, published June 2026 compares long-term trends in REACH r...
2026 Update to Technical Agreement on Biocides ‘Environment’On the 16th March, ECHA published an update to the Technical Agreement on Biocides ‘Envi...
2026 Update to Technical Agreements for Biocides 'Efficacy'On the 13th March, ECHA published the first update to the Technical Agreement on Biocides...
Is SEAC’s Opinion on the Universal PFAS Restriction Still on Track for Completion by the End of 2026?Following the 60-day consultation on the SEAC d...
01 Jun 2026
REACH Dossier Updates: An Ongoing Obligation, Not a Tick-Box Exercise
ECHA has recently launched two awareness campaigns aimed at improving compliance with REACH dossier update obligations, reminding registrants that R...
28 May 2026
CLP ATP 22 & 23: Updates to Harmonised Classification & Labelling
CLP Regulation 1272/2008 contains, in its Annex VI, the list of harmonised classification and labelling of hazardous substances (CLH). Thanks to the...
Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055, the REACH restriction on Synthetic Polymer Microparticles (SPM), introduces new reporting obligations for EU m...
Regulatory change doesn’t always arrive with a bang. Sometimes, it’s the quieter changes – a revised deadline, a subtle amendment, a shift in enforc...
The UK Government has brought PFAS sharply into focus at the start of 2026. In January, the Chief Scientists’ Group of the Environment Agency (EA) p...
12 May 2026
Clarity on the Updated Guidelines for ERA of Human Pharmaceuticals
European Medicines Agency provides Clarity on the Updated Guidelines for Environmental Risk Assessment of Human PharmaceuticalsTowards the end of 20...