24 substances under evaluation for REACH
The Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) is a tool used by the European Union (EU) to prioritize the risk assessment of substances that are already on the market and are not yet fully registered under REACH. The CoRAP is updated annually and includes a list of substances that will be evaluated by ECHA in the coming year. It is designed to ensure that the most hazardous substances are identified and prioritized for risk assessment and risk management measures. The draft is for an annual update of the CoRAP and covers the three subsequent years 2023-2025. It contains substances suspected of posing a risk to human health or the environment. Substance evaluation is the process under REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Articles 44 to 48) that allows generation of information for clarification of such potential risks. The draft CoRAP contains 24 substances, including 6 new substances compared to the current CoRAP 2022-2024; 5 substances are being planned for evaluation in 2023, and 19 are divided for evaluation in 2024 and 2025. Five substances are proposed to be withdrawn from the 27 substances included in the CoRAP update published on 22 March 2022. This is because substance evaluation has been deemed low priority or unnecessary. For 3 out of these, the data obtained from compliance check or public literature are already considered sufficient to clarify the initial concerns, while for the remaining 2, relevant information is requested under dossier evaluation processes. These substances may be put on CoRAP again, if after the conclusion of these processes, concerns would remain beyond what can be clarified through dossier evaluation. In the draft CoRAP are the names of the non-confidential substances, the EC/List numbers, CAS numbers, and the initial grounds for concern. It also includes contact information for the Member State that intends to conduct the substance evaluation. As part of the preparation of the draft, the criteria for selecting substances were closely discussed with the Member States. The draft plan has been submitted on 30 November 2022 to the Member State Competent Authorities and the ECHA Member State Committee. It is expected that the Committee will give its opinion on this draft CoRAP update in February 2023. In accordance with the Committee’s opinion, ECHA intends to adopt and publish the CoRAP update for 2023-2025 on 21 March 2023. Each substance in the CoRAP will be accompanied by a justification document. ECHA publishes this draft now in order to provide stakeholders with a status report. It also aims to facilitate early communication between the concerned registrants and the responsible Member State authority.
Compliance Alert: EU Member States to evaluate 27 substances in 2022-2024
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has listed 27 substances for evaluation by EU Member States under Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2022-2024 under EU REACH. A total of four substances will be evaluated in 2022, while 23 substances will be evaluated in 2023 and 2024. Based on the opinions of its Member State Committee, ECHA adopted and published its CoRAP for 2022-2024 on 22 March 2022. Registrants should update the dossiers with new relevant information, such as hazards, tonnages, use, and exposure. The Community rolling action plan update covering the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 There are 27 substances listed in The Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) update for the years 2022-2024 that are suspected of posing a risk to human health or the environment and are being evaluated by 10 Member State competent authorities, under the substance evaluation process of REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Articles 44 to 48). There are two newly allocated substances to the plan, as well as 25 substances included in the previous CoRAP update of 2021-2023, published on 17 March 2021. There has been a postponement of the evaluation year for 20 of the 25 substances, principally to allow time for new information to be submitted. Although it is planned to evaluate four substances in 2022, 14 substances in 2023, and nine substances in 2024, there may be changes for substances listed for years 2023 and 2024 in the next CoRAP update in 2023. CoRAP withdrawn the remaining 25 substances of the 50 listed in the previous CoRAP update 2021-2023, since for six of them, the data is already deemed adequate to clarify the initial concerns, and for 19, the dossier evaluation processes require more information. If concerns remain after the completion of these processes beyond what can be clarified by dossier evaluation, the substances may be added to CoRAP again. The CoRAP update was prepared in close collaboration with the Member States, considering the criteria for selecting substances. On 1 December 2021, a draft CoRAP was submitted to the Member States and to the Member State Committee (MSC) for their opinions and published on the ECHA website on 15 December 2021. Using the MSC report, which was adopted on 21 February 2022, ECHA adopted the CoRAP update. In March 2022, the update was published on the ECHA website.