DEFRA consultation
1st June 2016
SI 2016/614
1st June 2016

EU 2016/863

Commission Regulation amending Annexes VII and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards skin corrosion/irritation, serious eye damage/eye irritation and acute toxicity. Comes into force 20th June. The amendment sets the standard information requirement to be in vitro studies but also defines the conditions under which an in vivo study for skin irritation/corrosion and serious eye damage/eye irritation is still required