How Transport and CLP-GHS are different
Following on from last week’s email, when we looked at the relationship between Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) and CLP, which you can find here, this week, we’ll look at how they are different. As we discussed last week, TDG focusses on physical hazards and higher level and immediate health hazards, because it’s designed for people […]
How Transport and CLP-GHS are related
One of the questions I get asked regularly is about the relationship between products classified for Transport of Dangerous Goods, that is ADR, IMDG, IATA etc, and products which are classified for CLP (that is GHS within the EU). It can be quite confusing for people who are starting chemical classification to learn that many […]
When is a CLP Harmonised Classification not enough information for classification?
I’ve recently been reminded that handling Harmonised Classifications can be quite tricky under CLP, so I thought I’d do a quick recap in case it’s something you’re interested in and I know that we have a few email subscribers outside the EU who may not be too sure about this concept. You are probably aware […]
GHS Revision 8: What’s Included
GHS Revision 8 has finally been made available as a free-to-download pdf in English and French. It’s also available to purchase for $67.50 USD from the UN shop, which you should only consider if you’re going to be cutting and pasting out of the pdf (as I do, for review purposes, but then I’m a complete nerd). […]
Meetings, guidance and webinars on Brexit
With all the drama around Brexit and whether it is going to happen on the 31st October 2019, and if so what form it will take, I thought the best thing to do is to summarise the information and guidance which affects chemicals regulations for you, as things stand at the moment. (Apologies to our […]
A quick Pre-Brexit Checklist
You will no doubt be aware of the “fluidity” of the political situation around Brexit, and I’ve given up watching the news because its too stressful, but we do all need to be prepared for Brexit. So here’s a small, non-comprehensive list on things you should be thinking about in case the UK does leave […]
Bad journalism: “Antibiotics could kill us before Climate Change…”
You may have seen this article in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday 1st September with what I think is an incredible, that is, unbelievable headline “Antibiotics could kill us before Climate Change, so why is the world failing to act?”. I was so distressed by this “paywalled” article that I signed up for a free subscription which […]
New public database at ECHA for articles containing SVHCs
Brace yourself – yet more chemical legislation is on its way from ECHA. If you make or import articles in the EU, you will probably already be aware that there is an obligation to notify ECHA of this manufacture or importation if: the article contains an SVHC (Substance of Very High Concern) at or above […]
Changes to EU Safety Data Sheets in the pipeline
I don’t often discuss draft regulations, as they often alter at the last minute, and sometimes don’t get published at the intended time, or even at all, but there is a draft to Annex II of the REACH regulation, which will affect EU Safety Data Sheets which looks like it is going to go ahead. […]
UFI decoder available
You may have seen that there is a UFI decoder available from a Polish consultancy, at https://www.decoder-ufi.com/. Decoding the UFI will allow anyone to see the company VAT number which has been used, and also the product code. This is incredibly worrying, because the EU taxation website allows anyone who holds a VAT number to look […]