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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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