It is a given that mandatory registration for polymers will come. The legal framework for it, including notification and registration deadlines, will be defined in the proposed revision of REACH, which should be published by the end of this year. However, the exact information that registrants will need for the…
At the end of April, as part of a meeting of the REACH Committee, a majority of the member states of the EU voted for the proposal of the European Commission to restrict microplastics intentionally added to products. If the European Parliament and Council do not raise any objections within…
In mid-April, the South Korean Environmental Ministry published the current version of the list of preregistered existing substances. The list now includes some 17,380 substances. Existing substances are those that were in use before July 2019. The list gives companies access to data such as the number of preregistered companies…
The ECHA has recommended that the EU Commission include the following eight substances in the REACH Authorization List (Annex XIV). The substances are either reprotoxic or respiratory sensitizers. Lead: Toxic for reproduction and used in the manufacture of batteries, cable sheathing, soldering, various parts of vehicles, machines, and furniture 2-methyl-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2-morpholinopropan-1-one:…
At the end of March, the ECHA published its updated its Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) List. Companies can use the list to see which substances the responsible national agencies will examine in the next three years as part of the substance evaluation mandated in Articles 44–48 of REACH. In…
Four of every ten of the companies inspected did not comply with the obligations related to the use of chemicals that require authorization as laid down in REACH. That is the finding of inspections carried out during 2021 in 28 countries of the European Economic Area as part of the…
On February 27, British prime minister Rishi Sunak and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen signed the Windsor Framework, which now must be approved by the British parliament and Northern Ireland’s parties. The Windsor Framework replaces the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol. Although that document strengthened trade relations between Ireland…
The Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) has developed an AI model that uses data from patent applications to recognize chemical risks as early as the product development phase. The developers of the model want to ensure toxin-free circulation according to the requirements of the Green Deal. During development of the model,…
The ECHA has published a restriction proposal for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on its Web site. The proposal covers about 10,000 PFAS, making it one of the most comprehensive regulations since REACH went into effect in 2007. National agencies in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden developed the…
At the end of January, the EU published its Transition Pathway for the Chemical Industry, a plan that includes 150 measures the chemicals industry can take to reach the goals of the Green Deal by 2050. Jointed developed by the EU Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG…
