ECHA Board of Appeal | 7 June 2022 | ARKEMA France S.A., France

Subject matter: A decision taken by the European Chemicals Agency under Article 42(1) of the REACH Regulation

Background and remedy sought by the Appellant: On 24 October 2017, the Agency adopted a decision (the ‘Initial Decision’) under Article 41 following the compliance check of the registration dossier for the substance 4,4'- Isopropylidenediphenol, oligomeric reaction products with 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane, esters with acrylic acid (EC No 500-130-2; CAS No 55818-57-0, the ‘Substance’). In that decision, the Agency required the Appellant to submit information on an extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study (‘EOGRTS’; Section 8.7.3. of Annex X; test method: EU B.56. or OECD TG 443) in Wistar rats, oral route.