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New product categories for notifying poison centres21 February 2023
ECHA has updated the European product categorisation system (EuPCS). The changes include new and expanded categories and improved product descriptions to help notifiers accurately describe the intended uses of their hazardous mixtures.
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30 August 2022
Iceland now accepts poison centre notifications through ECHA’s submission portal
Iceland has now joined the majority of EU and EEA Member States to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA’s submission portal.
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01 June 2022
New user role increases confidentiality for SCIP and poison centre notifiers
As of 6 June, you can assign a “Submission Portal Manager Restricted” role in your ECHA account both within your company and for external users. Those with this role can only see the submissions that they have made in the portal.
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03 May 2022
Minor changes to ECHA Guidance for companies placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market
The revised Guidance on harmonised information relating to health emergency response (Annex VIII to CLP) is now available. Minor changes have been made to clarify existing text and further explain how to use the generic component identifiers.
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20 April 2022
Help us improve the European Product Categorisation System (EuPCS)
The next version of the European Product Categorisation System (EuPCS) is planned for April 2023. Ahead of its release, we are launching a survey to collect feedback on how it could be improved.
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11 April 2022
IUCLID update brings additional checks for poison centre notifications
The IUCLID service release on 26 April introduces new checks in the ECHA Submission portal that may impact poison centre notifiers and software providers. These checks will be implemented to ensure that ECHA’s systems can correctly receive the dossiers, and that the information is reported consistently.