The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) has been upgraded to 197 substances. The ECHA (European Chemical Agency) included last 15th January 6 new substances; 5 of them due to the carcinogenic, toxic to reproduction, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) properties of the substances. The sixth substance has been identified as an endocrine-disrupting by the European Commission and consequently added to the list.

SIAM and EPSON scheduled again three sessions about NOM-018-STPS-2015 in México.

During last September, the team formed by two reference companies in its field, SIAM and EPSON, held three days of dissemination on this occasion in Mexico about the NOM-018-STPS-2015.

The sessions held in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, with the participation and satisfaction of the attendees, managed in a practical way the compliance with NOM-018-STPS.

On october 9th the NOM-018-STPS-2015 came into effect compulsorily in México, which means to leave without any effect the previous NOM-018-STPS-2000.

The ECHA has formed a working group with the purpose of identifying trends and the greatest shortcoming of the Safety Data Sheets in order to set the follow-up actions for the year 2019.

Published ATP 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures, and the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/776 is corrected