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This second Opinion was requested by the European Commission to the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks, to develop guidelines for assessing individual tobacco additives. Read the Opinion.

Today, the European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) publish the final Opinion on the biological effects of ultraviolet radiation relevant to health with particular reference to sunbeds for cosmetic purposes.

The SCCS Opinions are open for comments until mid-January 2017: Opinion on hair dye HC Orange No 6 (B125) and Opinion on 3 coatings for TiO2.

The Committees concerned are the Scientific Committees on Consumer Safety (SCCS), Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) and Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR), who provided advice to Commission services in relation to specific risk assessments.