As part of the fourteenth adaptation to technical progress (ATP), the EU Commission published Amendment 2020/217 to the CLP Regulation. The new Regulation takes effect on March 9. The new Regulation states that as of September 9, 2021, packaging for titanium dioxide in powered form and packaging of titanium dioxide powder...
On January 29, the European Parliament voted against the motion of the European Conservatives and Reformists' (ECR) party. The vote was clear: Only 177 supported the measure, 434 opposed it, and 39 abstained. The ECR objection was a last-minute attempt to block the classification of titanium dioxide as possibly carcinogenic. The scrutiny...
As part of the fourteenth adaptation to technical progress (ATP), the EU Commission has classified powdered titanium dioxide as “possibly carcinogenic upon inhalation.” The Commission made its decision on October 4. Unless the EU Parliament and Council of Ministers raise any objections within the next two months, the changes to...
At its meeting in April, the REACH regulations committee crossed out “classification of titanium dioxide” on its agenda at the last minute, thereby postponing a decision on how titanium dioxide products will be classified in the future until the fall. As early as September 2018, the EU Commission suggested placing…
