Classificatin & Labelling and ECHA Supprt t Industry Seminar t Japanese Industry n the EU Chemicals Legislatin: REACH, CLP & BPR 3 April 2015 / Tky, Japan Petteri Mäkelä ECHA Internatinal Relatins
CLP Regulatin Classificatin Labelling Packaging f substances & mixtures CLP entered int frce in January 2009 Intrduces the GHS criteria in the EU 2
CLP transitinal perids Mixtures Substances 1 Dec 2010 3 Jan 2011 1 June 2015 Deadline fr ntificatin t the C&L Inventry 3
ECHA s main tasks under CLP Classificatin and Labelling Inventry Ntificatins n self-classificatins f hazardus substances n the EU market Prpsals fr Harmnised Classificatin and Labelling (CLH) Risk Assessment Cmmittee (RAC) Applicatins fr Alternative chemical names fr substances in mixtures Frmulatrs f mixtures apply fr use f alternative names fr hazardus substances n labels and safety data sheets 4
Harmnised Classificatin & Labelling Harmnisatin f classificatin at EU-level CLP Regulatin fcuses n substances which are f mst cncern t humans Carcingenic (C) Mutagenic (M) Reprductive txicants (R) Respiratry sensitisers (RS) Active substances in plant prtectin prducts (PPPs) and bicidal prducts (BPs) are nrmally harmnised Legally binding - Annex VI t CLP 5
Main actrs CLH prcess verview Dssier submitter (EU Member states r industry) ECHA/RAC Parties Cncerned Eurpean Cmmissin Dssier preparatin Public Cnsultatin 45 days RAC pinin Annex VI t CLP by the Cmmissin Max 18 mnths t adpt an pinin 6
Harmnised C&L - status Annex VI t CLP Arund 4,500 entries New entries included by Adaptatin t Technical Prgress (currently 4 ATPs) 151 RAC pinins adpted 269 CLH prpsals under prcessing 42 intentins in the registry Annex VI and ATPs shuld be available n ur website in a database frmat sn 7
Classificatin and Labelling Inventry Manufacturers/Imprters are bliged t ntify market All hazardus substances (under CLP), and All substances subject t REACH registratin Ntificatins shuld cntain ECHA Substance Identity which are placed n the Classificatin and Labelling accrding t CLP maintains a public classificatin and labelling inventry in the frm f a database 8
Classificatin and Labelling Inventry Ntificatins t the C&L Inventry Currently ver 6 millin ntificatins fr ver 110,000 substances C&L Inventry available since Feb 2012: Up-t-date infrmatin n the substances n the EU market 9
C&L Inventry Includes 1. Industry selfclassificatin Mst f the substances 2.EU harmnised classificatin Certain CMR substances 10
Risk reductin based n classificatin Pesticides & bicides Labelling &SDS Hazardus waste REACH SVHC Restrictins Classificatin Csmetics Strage & transprt Wrking envirnment 11
ECHA & industry challenges in 2015 Classificatin and labelling June 2015 deadline fr mixture classificatin As the number f prducts t be reclassified and relabelled is enrmus this pses a real challenge t industry, and in particular t SMEs Agreement n self-classificatins Industries d have different classificatins fr the same substance in abut 25% f the cases Stimulating industry t cme t an agreement n the classificatin Harmnised classificatin f pesticides and bicides The timelines under different regulatins differ cnsiderably ECHA cperates with Member States & Eurpean Fd Safety Authrity (EFSA) t align the prcesses Priritisatin f substances ECHA screens tgether with Member States the databases t identify pririty substances and decides which regulatry risk management wuld be mst apprpriate 12
CLP 2015 TOOL KIT Key messages vide web banner pster leaflet PPT presentatin email signature specific webpages Cmmunicatin tls t be used by ECHA s cmmunicatin partners & in different cntexts 13
REACH, CLP & Bicides Require ECHA t prvide: technical and scientific guidance and tls Helpdesk supprt explanatry infrmatin
ECHA Actively Supprt Duty Hlders Navigatr Helps industry t determine bligatins under REACH 15
INDUSTRY ECHA / Authrities (Draft) Decisins Reprts CASPER Wrkflw Disseminatin 16
ECHA Helpdesk Assisting cmpanies: Regulatry/technical advice 1 st level The Helpdesk takes care f all questins 2 nd level ECHA experts cntribute t answering questins, if needed 3 rd level COM prvides legal interpretatin and the external IT service prvider fixes bugs as the last resrt 17
Japanese questins 18
ECHA Helpdesk Statistics Origin f the received REACH, CLP & BPR questins (January 2013 - present) * * and territries 19
Guidance Assist stakehlders in implementing their bligatins but nt legally binding Develped with stakehlders t ensure brad supprt f all imprtant players Dcuments are updated Shws the safest way fr industry t fulfil their bligatins 20
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REACH, CLP & BPR terms and definitins 22 languages Search & cnsultatin Arund 1,000 entries Data exprt pssible Users in 60 cuntries arund the glbe Typically 350 queries/d > 600 registered users http://echa.cdt.eurpa.eu 22
Wrth t Remember GHS criteria applies already t substances and start applying t mixtures in 2015 Over 4,000 substances have harmnised EU C&L Public C&L Inventry prvides infrmatin n ver 100,000 substances Update f IT tls in 2016 IT is essential fr functining f the EU chemicals legislatin ECHA prvides extensive guidance and IT tls free f charge petteri.makela@echa.eurpa.eu Thank yu!