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Public Hearing on EU authorisation procedure for pesticides - EFSA opinion on draft assessment reports and ECHA classification of active substances.

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1 Public Hearing on EU authorisation procedure for pesticides - EFSA opinion on draft assessment reports and ECHA classification of active substances 7 June 2018 European Parliament, Brussels Bjorn Gaarn Hansen Executive Director European Chemicals Agency

2 Visit: http://echa.europa.eu/hot-topics/glyphosate

3 Classification and labelling (C&L)
Defines hazards of chemicals and mixtures Legal basis: CLP Regulation - UN-wide system ECHA’s role: Establish and maintain C&L inventory over 5 million notifications more than substances Harmonised C&L proposals by MSCAs or industry PPP/BP proposals by MSCAs only Over 4000 entries decided at EU level Almost 300 opinions by ECHA to date

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