ECHA: 91 CoRAP Substances for REACH Evaluation
Posted on Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Just when we thought that we had seen the last REACH substance proposal news for the year, ECHA recently released a proposal of 91 (ninety-one in case you thought it was a typo) new substances to the Member States as part of ECHA's Communication Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP). However these 91 new substances won't all be rolling out at once. The plan is for them to be divided for REACH evaluation over the course of 3 years. That is 36 substances in 2012, 24 in 2013, and 31 in 2014 and the list still needs to be reviewed by the Member States. You can find the statement on ECHA's website or simply view the draft PDF along with the list of substances, CAS- and EC-numbers.
The first draft CoRAP had originally been requested to be submitted to Member States by the December 1, 2011; however the first draft was submitted in October. The ECHA Member State Committee is scheduled to release their opinion in February 2012. This is still in the early stages of the process of getting substances approved; however ECHA has given Member States one year to evaluate substances for 2012. We will see how soon the 2012 substances are officially added.
For more information, please visit the ECHA website.
