The EU has published Regulation 2023/2055, which amends Annex XVII of REACH Regulation 1907/2006. The regulation will take effect on October 17. It bans the placing on the market of microplastics in all uses – with the exceptions mentioned below – and sets different transition periods for this. As of…
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…
At the end of August, the European Commission published its Draft on the Restriction of Microplastics on its Web site. The regulation applies to the smallest particles of plastics that are often used in cleaners and personal care products because of their abrasive effects. With the regulation, the EU hopes…
The EU Commission would like to develop a proposal for the registration of selected polymers by 2022. According to Chemical Watch, the Commission announced its plans to participants in the CARACAL meeting at the beginning of November 2019. So far, neither registration nor evaluation of polymers has been required by…
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund: DOSB) and the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußballbund: DFB) have issued a position paper (German only) that criticizes the upcoming ban on the use of plastic granules for synthetic turf and calls for a transition period of at least six years. In…