Upcoming events in the chemical world
(updated 30 January 2008)
Event |
Issue |
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| 01 Feb -08 | Deadline for input to 2nd public consultation of the EU law | RoHS |
| 14 Feb -08 | Deadline for amendments to draft report on the GHS implementation in the EU | GHS |
| 19 Feb -08 | Global civil society forum | Mercury |
| 20-22 Feb -08 | 10th Special session of the UNEP Governing Council, Monaco | Mercury |
| 01 Mar -08 | 2nd Reading in European Parliament, vote in Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee (ENVI) | Mercury |
| 01-03 Apr -08 | UNEP mercury partnership, Geneva, Switzerland | Mercury |
| 03 Apr -08 | Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee (ENVI) vote in the European Parliament | GHS |
| 08 Apr -08 | Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee (ENVI) vote in European Parliament (spare date) | GHS |
| 01 May -08 | Plenary session in European Parliament May/June | GHS |
| 01 May -08 | 2nd Reading in European Parliament, Plenary vote | Mercury |
| 01 June -08 | Provisions on Authorisation under REACH start being applied | REACH |
| 01 June -08 | Finalising review of Annex I (Chemical safety reports) | REACH |
| 01 June -08 | Finalising review of Annex IV and V (Exemptions) | REACH |
| 01 June -08 | Probably 2nd reading in European Parliament, Plenary vote | Pesticides |
| 01 June -08 | Conclusion of Öko-Institut study on new substances to be included in the EU law RoHS | RoHS |
| 01 June -08 | Pre-registration of phase-in (existing) substances of 1 tonne+ per year starts. | REACH |
| 01 Oct -08 | 2nd UNEP Open Ended working group, Nairobi, Kenya | Mercury |
| 22-24 Oct -08 | SAICM Open ended legal and technical working group, Rome, Italy | SAICM |
| 01 Oct -08 | Finalising review of Annex XI (Justification for exemption from safety tests) | REACH |
| 30 Nov -08 | Pre-registration of phase-in (existing) substances of 1 tonne+ per year ends. | REACH |
| 01 Dec -08 | Registration and notification of substances in articles. | REACH |
| 01 Dec -08 | Finalising review of Annex XIII (Criteria for identification of PBT & vPvB substances) | REACH |
| 01 Jan -09 | European Chemicals Agency publish list of pre-registered substances on website | REACH |
| 01 June -09 | European Chemicals Agency’s first recommendation of priority substances to be included in Annex XIV (list of substances subject to authorisation). | REACH |