Data needed on 1,300 high priority chemicals – Echa

Echa and member states have identified about 1,300 ‘high priority’ substances registered on the EU market for which further data needs to be generated or assessed. Authorities can then decide whether further regulatory risk management is needed on them.This is one of the outcomes of the inaugural report Mapping the chemical universe to address substances of concern under the agency’s integrated regulatory strategy.The information, the report said, helps authorities to identify, plan and monitor the progress on identifying and regulating substances of concern.The exercise provides knowledge on which substances need further hazard information or risk management measures and helps steer decisions on which chemicals member states should prioritise. high priority for risk management: this comprises around 270 substances with identified concerns, and for which further regulatory risk management is ongoing or can start based on currently available information. The majority of these substances were identified through screening. Following more in-depth work, authorities will initiate harmonisation of classification, identification as an SVHC, restriction, or actions under other legislation, or conclude that further regulation at Union level is not justified.