ECHA has adopted the updated Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2017-2019 with 115 substances to be evaluated. According to the plan, 22 Member States will carry out substance evaluation in the coming three years for 22 newly-selected substances and 93 substances from the previous CoRAP update. The Member States have 12 months to evaluate the 22 substances specified for 2017.
The substances are selected for substance evaluation to clarify the concerns related to their exposure and suspected serious hazard properties (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) or endocrine disruptors in combination with wide dispersive consumer use). In addition, other concerns on the substances may be identified during evaluation.
In comparison to the previous plan for 2016-2018, six substances were withdrawn at the request of the evaluating Member States and one substance was added.
The number of substances to be evaluted in 2017 is lower than in previous plans and several evaluations have been postponed to 2018 and 2019. This is to allow a compliance check to be done first to address possible gaps in standard information and to confirm that the substance is a priority for substance evaluation. Once the compliance check is concluded, the postponed substances will be reviewed to see if there are remaining concerns warranting substance evaluation.
The 'cosmetic' substances to be evaluated in 2017*
• CAS: 432-240-0, INCI:
Potassium titanium oxide (K2Ti6O13)
– Concern: carcinogenic – Evaluating Member State: France
• CAS: 1314-13-2, INCI:
Zinc oxide
– Concern: hazard relative to nano form – Evaluating Member State: Germany
• CAS: 71-36-3, INCI: …
