Consultations launched for applications for authorisation and review report | Deadline for comments 8/07/2020

ECHA has launched a consultation on 11 applications for authorisation and one review report covering 24 uses of:

(*) Chromium VI compounds used in the surface treatment of legacy spare parts, in etching and electroplating of plastics and for passivation of electrolytic tinplate (ETP);

(*) 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated and 4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated (EC -; CAS -) used in the production of various medical devices (for example: in vitro diagnostic kits or reagents) and medicinal/biopharmaceuticals (e.g. active pharmaceutical ingredients); use of these medical devices by professional downstream users; formulation of and mixing of OPE/NPE-containing hardener components with the base of two-part polysulfide sealants in aerospace and defence use; and

(*) Trichloroethylene (EC 201-167-4; CAS 79-01-6) used as a process chemical in Alcantara Material production. 

Link to ECHA Applications for authorization