EU - Amendment on the Test Methods Pursuant to REACH Directive

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED) develops harmonized and internationally agreed test guidelines for the testing of chemicals for regulatory purposes. The OECD regularly issues new and revised test guidelines, taking account of scientific progress in this area.

 

In order to take into account technical progress and, whenever possible, to reduce the number of animals used for experimental purposes in accordance with Article 13(2) of REACH Directive, following the adoption of relevant OCED test guidelines, two new test methods for the assessment of ecotoxicity and nine new test methods for the determination of toxicity to human health should be laid down and seven test methods should be updated.
Eleven of those test methods relate to in vitro tests for skin and eye irritation/corrosion, skin sensitisation, genotoxicity and endocrine effects.

 

Stakeholders have been consulted. And now, the European Commission amends the Annex to Regulation (EC) No.440/2008 in accordance with the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1390 of July 31, 2019.