The EU’s chemicals strategy aims to
- better protect citizens and the environment
- boost innovation for safe and sustainable chemicals
Actions
- banning the most harmful chemicals in consumer products – allowing their use only where essential
- account for the cocktail effect of chemicals when assessing risks from chemicals
- phasing out the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the EU, unless their use is essential
- boosting the investment and innovative capacity for production and use of chemicals that are safe and sustainable by design, and throughout their life cycle
- promoting the EU’s resilience of supply and sustainability of critical chemicals
- establishing a simpler “one substance one assessment” process for the risk and hazard assessment of chemicals
- playing a leading role globally by championing and promoting high standards and not exporting chemicals banned in the EU
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability will introduce new legislation requirements into both REACH and CLP for example;
- PFAS restriction
- Mixture Assessment factor (MAF)
- New CLP hazard classes (for endocrine disruptors and persistent, mobile and toxic and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances and mixtures)
- Generic Risk Approach (GRA)
- Polymer registrations
Caroline can help you to understand the impacts to your business and offers support with any aspect of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
