March, 4 - REACH evaluation report 2013
ECHA's annual evaluation report 2013 has juste been published. It gives recommendations to all registrants on how to improve the quality of their dossiers. As a consequence of ECHA's evaluation decisions, two thirds of evaluated registrations were brought into compliance following an update. In the course of 2013, the Agency forwarded 32 non-compliant cases to national enforcement authorities for their action.
In 2013, 928 checks were concluded. Altogether, ECHA has checked 1 130 dossiers, thereby exceeding the 5% target of the total number of dossiers submitted for the 2010 registration deadline. In 61% of the cases, ECHA found that the dossiers did not comply with one or more REACH information requirements and sent draft decisions to the registrants.
For further information
• See REACH Evaluation Report 2013: results and recommendations from dossier evaluation , on ECHA website

February, 25 - Givaudan wants to buy Soliance
Givaudan SA said Friday it had entered into exclusive negotiations to buy a French company that makes ingredients for cosmetics. The Swiss manufacturer of flavors and fragrances said it was seeking to buy Soliance SA, a division of ARD, or Agro-Industrie Recherches & Développements, specialized in active ingredients …