EU Regulatory Bulletin March 2012

Biocides

"Biocidal Products" registration : a moving target?

The EU Court of Justice handed down its judgment in Case C-420/10 Söll Gmbh v Tetra Gmbh in which it rules for the first time on the scope of the definition of "biocidal products" under the Biocidal Products Directive 98/8.

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Labelling & Packaging of Chemicals

Recast of the Dangerous Preparations Directive

The European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations which should recast Directive 1999/45/EC.

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REACH

REACH on cruise control: ECHA publishes its first Community Rolling Action Plan

ECHA published on its website the first CoRAP containing the list of substances that are to be further evaluated.

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GMOs

Member States fail to agree on GMO cultivation opt-out compromise

Plans to allow Member States to block the cultivation of approved GMOs on their territory have stalled again after a minority of Member States rejected a compromise proposal.

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Pesticides

EU Promotion of Non-Animal Tests Methods: Mandatory Vertebrate Data Sharing

Regulation 1107/2009 on the placing of plant protection products on the market amended the criteria concerning the data that may be submitted to enable evaluation of a substance. 

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