** SDS Changes Special ** BASA Members drop in Q&A Clinic
04 November 2022
Special drop in to discuss the forthcoming changes to safety data sheets following the publication of the REACH Annex II regulations (2020/878). The regulations were published in July and will require all safety data sheets to be updated by the end of December 2022. This is one of the free 30 minute Members open invitation drop-in clinics held every Friday at 10:00 to give BASA members an opportunity to ask the Secretariat technical and regulatory questions and receive an update on the news that week.
The requirement to supply a safety data sheet is from the EC Regulation 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH). Annex II of REACH lays out the requirements for the compilation of the safety data sheets.
REACH requires that safety data sheets are supplied when the:
• substance or mixture is dangerous as per the EC Regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)
• substance (not mixture) is classifiable as Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) or very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative (vPvB)
• substance is included in the list in Annex XIV (being a list of substances subject to authorisation)
• mixture is not dangerous but contains:
- ≥1% by weight (≥0.2% by volume for gases) of any substance posing a health or environmental hazard
- any substance for which there is a Community workplace exposure limit
- non-gaseous mixtures containing ≥0.1% by weight of any substance classified as PBT or vPvB
Earlier this year the European Commission launched a consultation on changes to REACH Annex II. This Annex has since been amended by EU Regulation 2020/878 published in July 2020.
The main provisions are:
• to align it with the GHS 6th/7th Revised Editions (particularly section 9);
• to align it with requirements for nanomaterials;
• clarify requirements related to poison centres (Unique formula identifiers (UFIs)).
The drop in will run through the changes required.
The BASA Secretariat including the BASA consultants hold a 30-minute clinic every Friday at 10:00 to present important regulatory and business information and guidance and to give BASA members an opportunity to ask questions. We may be unable to answer the questions live - but all questions will be resolved after consultation with the relevant government contacts.
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