ECHA

Virtual assistant to support stakeholders

We are testing an AI-based virtual assistant on our support pages to improve navigation and access to relevant information. We are currently testing this initial version for accuracy and relevance. 

We invite stakeholders to explore the assistant and provide feedback directly through the platform to help us enhance the service.

Learnings and recommendations for further work on petroleum and coal stream substances

The Petroleum and Coal stream Substances (PetCo) Working Group recently published its learnings and recommendations for further work on PetCo substances, with focus on regulatory risk management. 

Regular meetings of the PetCo Working Group have been paused since the end of 2024. Work on these substances is now part of existing regulatory processes. 

The PetCo Working Group brought together Member State competent authorities, the European Commission, ECHA, and industry stakeholders to discuss and coordinate activities on these substances since 2015.

ECHA and EU-OSHA strengthen cooperation on chemical safety

We have signed an updated cooperation agreement with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) to enhance the health and safety of workers.

The two agencies will work together to protect workers through cooperation on regulatory science, provision of policy support and collaborating on stakeholder engagement. They will exchange information and consult each other on topics related to EU chemicals laws and protection of workers’ health and safety.

Assessment of regulatory needs reports published

Reports for the following substance groups are now available on our website:

• Vinylsilanols precursors;
• Barium and its simple compounds;
• Phosphorus, its oxides, chlorides, sulfides and salts of phosphoric acids with counterions of low hazard;
• Alkoxy (phenyl and chlorinated alkyl) and chlorinated chloro alkyl silanes;
• Chlorophenyl imidazole/triazole derivatives; and
• Azohydroxynaphtoic acid pigments.

If you have questions or feedback related to the assessment work, you can send them to us using this webform.

CLP

Consultation on harmonised classification and labelling

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

• propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (EC 202-307-7, CAS 94-13-3).

Have your say by 22 August 2025

New intentions and proposals to harmonise classification and labelling

Seven intentions have been submitted for:

• vanadium tetrachloride [1] vanadium trichloride oxide [2] ammonium trioxovanadate [3] sodium metavanadate [4] potassium vanadium trioxide [5] Vanadate(1-), oxo[phosphato(3-)-kO]-, hydrogen, hydrate (2:1) [6] (EC -, CAS -);
• 5,5'-sulfonyldi(2-benzofuran-1,3-dione) (EC -, CAS 2540-99-0);
• benzophenone-3,3',4,4'-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (EC 219-348-1, CAS 2421-28-5);
• 4,4'-biphthalic dianhydride; [5,5'-bi-2-benzofuran]-1,1',3,3'-tetrone (EC 219-342-9, CAS 2420-87-3);
• 4,4'-oxydiphthalic anhydride (EC 412-830-4, CAS 1823-59-2);
• 2,4,8,10-tetra(tert-butyl)-6-hydroxy-12H-dibenzo[d,g][1,3,2]dioxaphosphocin 6-oxide, sodium salt [1] 2,4,8,10-tetra(tert-butyl)-6-hydroxy-12H-dibenzo-[d,g][1,3,2]dioxaphosphocin 6-oxide, lithium salt [2] hydroxy aluminium bis(2,4,8,10-tetra-tert-butyl-6-hydroxy-12H-dibenzo[d,g][1.3.2]dioxaphosphocin-6-oxide) [3] 2,4,8,10-tetra(tert-butyl)-6-hydroxy-12H-dibenzo[d,g][1,3,2]dioxaphosphocin 6-oxide [4] (EC -, CAS -); and
• Tetrabromophthalic anhydride (EC 211-185-4, CAS 632-79-1).

Two proposals have been submitted for:

• tris[2-chloro-1-(chloromethyl)ethyl] phosphate (provisional chemical name) (EC 237-159-2, CAS 13674-87-8); and
• reaction products of phosphoryl trichloride and methyloxirane [1] tris(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) phosphate [2] bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) 2-chloropropyl phosphate [3] bis(2-chloropropyl) 2-chloro-1-methylethyl phosphate [4] tris(2-chloropropyl) phosphate [5] any individual stereoisomer of the substances listed above and any combination thereof [6] (EC - [1]; 237-158-7 [2]; - [3]; - [4]; 228-150-4 [5];  - [6], CAS 1244733-77-4 [1]; 13674-84-5 [2]; 76025-08-6 [3]; 76649-15-5 [4]; 6145-73-9 [5]; - [6]).

Enforcement

Updated compendium of analytical methods for enforcing REACH restrictions

Our Enforcement Forum has updated its compendium of analytical methods to help authorities to enforce and companies to comply with REACH restrictions.

The compendium consists of a collection of methods that are used, for example, in official laboratories supporting EU enforcement authorities. In the future, it will be updated and expanded more frequently.

The compendium contributes to harmonised enforcement of REACH throughout the EU. 

European Commission

Competent authorities for REACH and CLP meet in July

The European Commission’s expert group on the implementation of REACH and CLP Regulations will meet in Brussels on 3-4 July 2025. 

The draft agenda is now available on Commission’s public CIRCABC platform.

Biocides decisions on Union authorisations

The Commission decision granting a Union authorisation for:

• the biocidal product family ‘REPELLENT AGAINST FLEAS, TICKS, AND MOSQUITOES’.

The Commission decisions cancelling the Union authorisation for:

• the single biocidal product ‘Nordkalk Filtra G’.