European Chemicals Agency

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The European Chemicals Agency is an agency of the European Union responsible for implementing EU chemicals legislation, including the REACH regulation, to ensure the safe use of chemicals and protect human health and the environment.

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instanceOf European Union agency ⓘ
regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation ECHA ⓘ
aimsTo protect human health from hazardous chemicals ⓘ
protect the environment from hazardous chemicals ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
employs administrative staff ⓘ
regulatory experts ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
foundedBy European Union ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://echa.europa.eu ⓘ
hasOrgan Biocidal Products Committee ⓘ
Committee for Risk Assessment ⓘ
Committee for Socio-economic Analysis ⓘ
Executive Director ⓘ
Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement ⓘ
Management Board ⓘ
Member State Committee ⓘ
headquartersLocation Finland ⓘ
Helsinki ⓘ
inception 2007 ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Biocidal Products Regulation ⓘ
CLP Regulation ⓘ
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation ⓘ
REACH Regulation ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 ⓘ
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 ⓘ
Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 ⓘ
Waste Framework Directive provisions on substances of concern ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
mainRegulatoryArea biocidal products ⓘ
chemicals safety ⓘ
classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ⓘ
industrial chemicals ⓘ
missionStatement to enhance competitiveness and innovation ⓘ
to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment from the risks posed by chemicals ⓘ
to ensure the free circulation of substances on the internal market ⓘ
to promote alternative methods for the assessment of hazards of substances ⓘ
overseesRegulation Biocidal Products Regulation ⓘ
CLP ⓘ
PIC Regulation ⓘ
REACH ⓘ
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ⓘ
parentOrganization European Commission ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
responsibleFor authorisation of substances of very high concern ⓘ
coordination of EU-wide enforcement projects on chemicals legislation ⓘ
evaluation of chemical substances ⓘ
maintaining the classification and labelling inventory ⓘ
managing the registration of chemical substances in the EU ⓘ
preparing and supporting restrictions on chemicals ⓘ
providing guidance and support to industry and authorities on chemicals legislation ⓘ
public dissemination of information on chemicals ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
subjectOf European Union chemicals policy ⓘ
European Union environmental policy ⓘ
supervises Member State competent authorities for REACH and CLP implementation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union REACH registration list → maintainedBy → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
toxaphene → regulatedBy → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
European Food Safety Authority → cooperatesWith → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
European Chemicals Agency → abbreviation → ECHA ⓘ
linked to: European Chemicals Agency
European Chemicals Agency → hasOrgan → Committee for Risk Assessment ⓘ
linked to: European Chemicals Agency
REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 → managedBy → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 → establishedBody → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern → selectionProcess → ECHA Member State Committee agreement ⓘ
linked to: European Chemicals Agency
REACH Authorisation List (Annex XIV) → administeredBy → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
REACH Authorisation List (Annex XIV) → maintainedBy → European Chemicals Agency ⓘ
REACH Restriction List (Annex XVII) → supportedBy → European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ⓘ
linked to: European Chemicals Agency