31 associations urge the EU to Adopt Rules to Calculated Plastics’ Chemically Recycled Content

On 22 March 2023 the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and 30 other associations representing market sectors in the European plastics value chain published a joint letter to the European Commission....

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ECHA Publishes Guidance Related to the New CLP Hazards Classes

On 20 April 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published details about application dates and other information related to the new CLP Hazard Classes that came into force on that same...

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The European Commission Adopts Revision to CLP Regulation

On 31 March 2023 the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act amending the Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (CLP). The revision of CLP, together with the planned revision...

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ECHA Recommends Adding Eight Substances to the Authorisation List

On 12 April 2023 ECHA recommended that the European Commission adds eight substances (including lead metal) from the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to the Authorisation List...

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ECHA Announces Restriction Plan for Brominated Flame Retardants.

Apr-11-2023

On 15 March 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced its Regulatory Strategy for Flame Retardants which points out aromatic brominated flame retardants as candidates for an EU-wide restriction. The Regulatory...

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PFAS restriction proposal – Call for inputs

Apr-04-2023

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is calling for scientific and technical information on the use, manufacture, and placing on the market of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The information will be...

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EU proposes digital labeling for fertilising products

Apr-01-2023

On 27 February 2023 the European Commission adopted a new proposal on the voluntary digital labeling of EU fertilising products. Digital labeling has already been adopted by the EU and is...

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REACH Guidance for monomers and polymers updated

ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has updated its guidance for importers and manufacturers of polymers and monomers to comply with minimum requirements for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals)...

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Updates on the EU Food Contact Material regulation revision proposal.

The revision of the FCM Regulation has been long-awaited, with the Regulation not having been reviewed since its entry into force in 2004. In May 2020, the Commission announced that it...

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ECHA: No possibility for SCIP and the AskREACH consumer app to align

The Waste Framework Directive's database (WFD) for information on substances of concern in articles as such or in complex objects (products) is known as Substances of Concern In Products (SCIP). As...

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