Today the European Commission published the final report of the high level forum for a better functioning food supply chain, which provides recommendations in the areas of fair and efficient trading practices, competitiveness and price transparency.
The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) is proud to announce its 2019 refinement prize. This prize of €6000 will be granted to a laboratory technician, animal care- taker or technologist who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in new, novel approaches to advance implementation and/or awareness raising of Refinement of animal testing.
In the framework of the EU plastics strategy and at the request of the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) prepared a restriction dossier under the European regulation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH). It targets intentionally added microplastics in products.
With this call for expressions of interest, the European Commission aims to establish a list of candidates to be proposed to the management board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
The European Strategy for Plastics has set the target that 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics are used to make products in the EU by 2025. This compares to less than 4 million tonnes used in 2016.
The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) supports students doing outstanding work in alternative approaches to attend a high-profile scientific event.
The Commission continues to work with EU countries and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to continuously limit the risks posed by chemicals to human health and the environment in the context of the EU's REACH regulation – the most comprehensive chemicals legislation in the world.
The high-level kick-off meeting of the Circular Plastics Alliance brought together 30 stakeholder organisations on 5 February 2019.
In the framework of the EU Plastics Strategy, at the request of the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has assessed the health and environmental risks posed by intentionally added microplastics and has concluded that an EU-wide restriction would be justified.
Commission adopts new registration requirements for nanomaterials under REACH, clarifying how to register nanoforms of substances. The new rules will apply as of 1 January 2020.
The 2018 European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) Annual Conference.
The European Commission is organising a one-day conference on 13 November 2018 in Brussels on REACH, CLP and biocides Enforcement. Participants are expected from relevant Commission services, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), National enforcement authorities, EU country competent authorities, third countries, industry representatives including SMEs, trade unions and NGOs.
Over the past 10 years, the EU has significantly reduced our citizens’ exposure to harmful chemicals, and the Commission constantly evaluates how to further enhance the protection of consumers, workers and the environment.
The European Commission,the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) are organising our latest event. We are pleased to invite you to the final conference on the European sustainable chemicals support service – Phase 2 'Exploring how capturing and re-using currently emitted industrial gases could be stimulated through industrial symbiosis'.
With this call for expressions of interest, the European Commission aims to establish a list of candidates to be proposed to the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.
This call is for a study to assess the feasibility of establishing comprehensive tools, including software applications, to track and link information on products, in particular articles, at all stages of their life cycle and to make relevant parts of that information available to downstream users, workers, consumers and recyclers, with a particular emphasis on tracking of substances of concern throughout the supply chain.
Today the Commission took action to restrict the placing on the market of articles containing four phthalates: DEHP, DBP, BBP and DIBP. These substances are commonly present in plasticised materials and found in a wide variety of everyday products, from toys to sport equipment.
The European Commission is organising a one-day conference on 11 June 2018 in Brussels on the outcome and follow-up of the second REACH review. REACH is the European Regulation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. Participants are expected from relevant Commission services, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), national authorities, third countries, industry representatives including SMEs, trade unions and NGOs.
The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) supports students with outstanding work in alternative approaches by funding their attendance at a high-profile scientific event.
