The EU Commission is considering a ban on the manufacture and export of hazardous chemicals that are already prohibited in the EU. It opened a consultation and requested comments by July 31 from those affected by the PIC Regulation. The EU took this step after countries in Africa, the Caribbean,…
The EU Commission has added perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and PFOA-related compounds to Annex V of the PIC Regulation (EU Regulation No. 649/2012), and published the related Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/643 on April 20. As a result, the export of fire-extinguisher foams that contain these substances is prohibited as…
The EU Commission has modified Annexes I and V of EU Regulation No. 649/2012 of July 4, 2012 on the import and export of hazardous chemicals. The material that has been supplemented and changed (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/330 of December 11, 2018) affects Carbofuran (insecticide, acaricide, and nematicide), Trichlorfon, Fipronil (insecticide), short-chained chlorinated paraffins, and tributyltin compounds. The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation covers the import and…