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CHCS Membership 

Membership of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society should bring the following benefits:

  • opportunity to exchange personal views on chemical hazards communication free of any constraint of business, trade or other association, or governmental policy

  • opportunity to learn through discussion with others involved in chemical hazards communication through regular meetings and seminars. Including interpretation of regulations and information on sources of advice and assistance

  • opportunity to put forward your training requirements in an organised way

  • demonstrates to employer (or potential employer) your personal commitment to improvement of your knowledge in this area

  • increased awareness of the chemical hazards communication profession by employers, whether government institution, business, or trade or other association

  • access to events, training, conferences and meetings organised by US-based Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC). (See our SCHC web page for more details)

  • access to the Members area of this website giving you:
    • CHCS reports, presentations from events, recordings of webinars, papers
    • News Briefings
    • List of useful software and resources 
    • Glossary Of Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In Chemical Hazard Communication

    • AGM Minutes

    • Information on the REACH Regulation, including additional information

    • Information on the CLP Regulation
    • Newsletters

    • Other information including results of CHCS surveys, CHCS Council and sub-group membership details, ‘membership list’, and EH40 IOELV & ILV information.

Joining CHCS

Simply visit the Join CHCS page of this website and complete the online form. We'll confirm your membership when we've checked through your application and received payment of our membership invoice. That's all there is to it!

CHCS Constitution

You can download the latest CHCS Constitution as a PDF by clicking on this link: 


CHCS News


New CHCS Workshop: "SCIP Workshop - The Database of Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)"
13 Nov 2020, online
By the end of this session you will be able to make notifications to the SCIP database using the new harmonised format in the ECHA portal. Only 14 places left. Register Now.  [Posted on 6 October 2020]

Member States Slowly Starting To Use The New Portal
There are now six Member States that are accepting Annex VIII notifications through the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) portal.
CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 24 August 2020]

Option To Anonymise The Unique Formula Identifier (UFI)
The Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) generator has been updated to allow companies to chose not to use their company VAT number to create their UFIs.
CHCS members can read more on our News Briefings page. [Posted on 22 June 2020]

Endocrine Disruptors - 1st CHCS Video

We have produced our first video for members: "Endocrine Disruptors", which is available to members free-of-charge.

This introductory video explains the various components of the human endocrine system and how they interact, to help understand the mechanisms of endocrine disruptors on human systems.

The video is just over 10 minutes long.

To register for access to the video, please visit our video registration page: Endocrine Disruptors Video Registration.

[Posted on 1 July 2019]

News Briefings Summary
  • 26 May 2020
    New ECHA CLP Guidance Documents Published

  • 19 May 2020
    Draft Regulation Amending Article 25 Of CLP

  • 23 April 2020
    Draft Second Amendment to Annex VIII of CLP

  • 23 April 2020
    Reminder: 13th ATP to CLP applicable from 1st May 2020

  • 23 March 2020
    Multilateral Agreements For ADR & RID

  • 17 March 2020
    The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

  • 3 March 2020
    UK Chemical Industry: Regulatory Divergence

  • 2 March 2020
    Corrigendum To the 14th ATP Published

  • 10 February 2020
    Third Corrigendum To ADR 2019 Published

  • 13 January 2020
    Poison Centres - Annex VIII amendment published

  • 21 November 2019
    CHCS 2019 AGM & Annual Lectures: Presentations Now Available

  • 21 November 2019
    Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 Establishes  A 5th List Of Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (IOELVs)

  • 12 November 2019
    ECHA publishes draft CoRAP for 2020-2022

  • 22 October 2019
    GHS Revision 8

  • 21 October 2019
    Model Regulations, 21st Revised Edition

  • 20 October 2020
    IATA Publishes Significant Changes To The 61st Edition Of The Dangerous Goods Regulations

  • 20 October 2019
    CHCS October 2019 Newsletter Now Published

  • 1 October 2019
    Draft amendment to REACH Annex II

  • 30 September 2019
    Poison Centre First Deadline To Be Postponed

  • 23 September 2019
    Updated advice for UK-based companies intending to export chemicals listed in the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation to EU countries in the period immediately following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

    CHCS Members can read these News items, and older posts, on the CHCS News Briefings page.

    Next 3 CHCS Training Courses:

    For a full list of our CHCS Training Courses, please visit our Training page. 

    OTHER CHCS EVENTS

    HOW TO JOIN CHCS

    CHCS Membership is open to any person with an interest in chemical hazard communications. You can join by completing the simple on-line form at Join CHCS.

    Contact CHCS

    • General, membership, events, training, invoices, payments, etc. enquiries:

      enquiries@chcs.org.uk, tel: + 44 (0) 333 210 2427

    See full CHCS Contact Details.

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