EU Member States to evaluate 28 substances under CoRAP in 2024-2026

On 13 December 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a draft of its annual update for the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP). Registrants are encouraged to review the draft list of substances scheduled for evaluation in 2024 and update their dossiers to include all relevant information before March 2024.

The draft CoRAP covers the next three years i.e. 2024-2026. The draft plan was submitted to the Member State Competent Authorities and the ECHA Member State Committee on 30 November 2023. The Committee is expected to give its opinion in February 2024 and ECHA aims to adopt and publish the CoRAP update on 19 March 2024.

The Community Rolling Action Plan includes substances suspected of posing a risk to human health and the environment. Substance evaluation is the process under REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Articles 44 to 48) that allows such potential risks to be identified.

The draft CoRAP contains 28 substances, 11 of which are new compared to the current 2023-2025 CoRAP. Evaluation of 10 substances is planned for 2024 (including evaluation of 4 substances as a group) and the remaining 18 substances will be split for evaluation in 2024 and 2025.

The following information is provided in the draft CoRAP:

• Non-confidential substance names

• The EC/List numbers and CAS numbers

• The initial reasons for concern

• Contact details of the Member State that intends to carry out the substance evaluation.

The full list of substances included in the 2024-2026 CoRAP  can be found here.