News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 4 Jan 2021 NCEC can support organisations to comply with European poison centre requirements Find out how NCEC can support organisations to comply with European poison centre requirements. Read more 23 Dec 2020 NCEC Newsletter – December 2020 In this edition, we're highlighting how you can remain REACH and poison centre compliant and continue preparing for Brexit after 31 December. We also look at the importance of testing your emergency response provider and the importance of recovery and rehabilitation in the face of COVID-19. Read more 15 Dec 2020 NCEC led peer-reviewed paper captures the latest developments in environmental persistence assessment of chemicals Persistence assessment is highly complex, technically challenging and poorly predictable, and yet the outcomes of these assessments can make or break a product. This paper provides an exemplary case study of persistence assessments under European regulatory frameworks. Read more 1 Dec 2020 Annex VIII second amendment – workability solutions The purpose of this article is to provide clarity on the solutions provided by the second amendment to Annex VIII of CLP for concerns raised by construction, paints and petroleum industries. Read more 2 Oct 2020 NCEC Newsletter – October 2020 In this edition, we're taking a look at Brexit and its impact on REACH and poison centres, updates to REACH Annex II and to Member States accepting harmonised poison centre notifications and what the SCIP database means for businesses. We also discuss the resources we can offer your organisation to maintain resilience in the face of COVID-19. Read more 30 Sep 2020 Poison centres Annex VIII August and September 2020 round-up Find out which Member States are ready to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA's harmonised portal. Read more 8 Sep 2020 Defra updates guidance on how to comply with REACH chemical regulations from 1 January 2021 Anyone making, selling or distributing chemicals in the UK and the EU needs to follow UK REACH and EU REACH rules from 1 Jan 2021. Read DEFRA's full announcement here. Read more 3 Sep 2020 Environmental persistence – why chemical biodegradability is taking centre-stage in a greener Europe What challenges do the 'very persistent chemicals' bring to your business? Find out more about the new developments and how should organisations respond to it. Read more 2 Sep 2020 A lesson in why you should test your emergency response systems This guest blog was written by a member of the Rotterdam fire service, in conjunction with the Cefic Intervention in Chemical transport Emergency (ICE) programme of which NCEC is a part. Read more 31 Jul 2020 Poison centres Annex VIII July 2020 round-up Find out which Member States are ready to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA's harmonised portal. Read more 28 Jul 2020 Are compliant safety data sheets enough to prepare your organisation for a chemical incident? Many organisations look at their compliance risk first when it comes to emergency response. However, should an incident occur, is the information in a SDS enough? Find out in this blog. Read more 26 May 2020 Changes proposed to poison centre notifications – draft regulations for amendments to Annex VIII and Article 25 of CLP now published European Commission has proposed new amendments to Annex VIII of CLP regarding emergency health response and bespoke paints. This is the second amendment to Annex VIII of CLP, otherwise known as poison centres. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
4 Jan 2021 NCEC can support organisations to comply with European poison centre requirements Find out how NCEC can support organisations to comply with European poison centre requirements. Read more
23 Dec 2020 NCEC Newsletter – December 2020 In this edition, we're highlighting how you can remain REACH and poison centre compliant and continue preparing for Brexit after 31 December. We also look at the importance of testing your emergency response provider and the importance of recovery and rehabilitation in the face of COVID-19. Read more
15 Dec 2020 NCEC led peer-reviewed paper captures the latest developments in environmental persistence assessment of chemicals Persistence assessment is highly complex, technically challenging and poorly predictable, and yet the outcomes of these assessments can make or break a product. This paper provides an exemplary case study of persistence assessments under European regulatory frameworks. Read more
1 Dec 2020 Annex VIII second amendment – workability solutions The purpose of this article is to provide clarity on the solutions provided by the second amendment to Annex VIII of CLP for concerns raised by construction, paints and petroleum industries. Read more
2 Oct 2020 NCEC Newsletter – October 2020 In this edition, we're taking a look at Brexit and its impact on REACH and poison centres, updates to REACH Annex II and to Member States accepting harmonised poison centre notifications and what the SCIP database means for businesses. We also discuss the resources we can offer your organisation to maintain resilience in the face of COVID-19. Read more
30 Sep 2020 Poison centres Annex VIII August and September 2020 round-up Find out which Member States are ready to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA's harmonised portal. Read more
8 Sep 2020 Defra updates guidance on how to comply with REACH chemical regulations from 1 January 2021 Anyone making, selling or distributing chemicals in the UK and the EU needs to follow UK REACH and EU REACH rules from 1 Jan 2021. Read DEFRA's full announcement here. Read more
3 Sep 2020 Environmental persistence – why chemical biodegradability is taking centre-stage in a greener Europe What challenges do the 'very persistent chemicals' bring to your business? Find out more about the new developments and how should organisations respond to it. Read more
2 Sep 2020 A lesson in why you should test your emergency response systems This guest blog was written by a member of the Rotterdam fire service, in conjunction with the Cefic Intervention in Chemical transport Emergency (ICE) programme of which NCEC is a part. Read more
31 Jul 2020 Poison centres Annex VIII July 2020 round-up Find out which Member States are ready to accept poison centre notifications through ECHA's harmonised portal. Read more
28 Jul 2020 Are compliant safety data sheets enough to prepare your organisation for a chemical incident? Many organisations look at their compliance risk first when it comes to emergency response. However, should an incident occur, is the information in a SDS enough? Find out in this blog. Read more
26 May 2020 Changes proposed to poison centre notifications – draft regulations for amendments to Annex VIII and Article 25 of CLP now published European Commission has proposed new amendments to Annex VIII of CLP regarding emergency health response and bespoke paints. This is the second amendment to Annex VIII of CLP, otherwise known as poison centres. Read more