IMDS Training in Bangalore – 3rd – 5th August

On the 15th January, ECHA announced the latest update to the REACH Candidate List.  7 new substances are added bringing the total up to 181 on the list.  All of these are present in the Basic Substance List of IMDS with the exception of the listed isomers which are normally excluded from inclusion in the…

EPR Consulting in conjunction with our US/EU based partners Tetra Tech are adding an SVHC seminar to our previously announced ‘How to be Dormant in a SIEF Seminar’. In addition, materials information experts Granta Design will be presenting on the use of IT solutions to support REACH Article compliance. Full details are included in the…

Perfluorohexane-1-sulphonic acid and its salts (PFHxS) was added to the REACH Candidate List on the 7th July 2017.  This represents a group of substances, and ECHA provides a non exhustive list of example substances that belong to this group.  None of those substance are present in the IMDS Basic Substance List, however all have been…

Annex XVII of REACH places restrictions on the manufacture, marketing, and use of chemicals where it is deemed they pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.  Restrictions can take the form of a blanket ban such as Entry 6 banning the manufacture and use of asbestos fibres (with an exemption for the…

Please see here for the first installment of a two piece article BREXIT and the impact of a no deal on the UK automotive sector. This is put together for EPR Consultings US base partner Tetra Tech. The second installment is here.

The UK REACH has been updated as of the 15th June 2026 – the first update since the end of the Brexit transition period. All substances are also listed on the EU REACH Candidate List, included post 2020, but it is a subset – not all substances. Details of the substances included are as follows:…