On 16 December 2024, the Council adopted the final legal text for a harmonized EU regulation on packaging and packaging waste. The regulation will then enter into force at the beginning of 2025 after publication in the Official Journal of the EU and the subsequent 20 days have passed.
The revised Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation published on 20 November 2024. It enters into force on 10 December 2024 with most provisions becoming mandatory from 1 July 2026 (18 months), and the remaining provisions applicable from 1 January 2027 (24 months).
The European Parliament and the Council have negotiated a provisional agreement on a directive on urban waste water management from autumn 2023 until this spring. On 5 November, the member states adopted it at the ECOFIN meeting (Economic and Financial Affairs Council ), and the legal text has now been Read more…
The European Commission recently published a Q&A document to address some questions concerning the application of the General Product Safety Regulation (Regulation EU 2023/988). From 13 December 2024, only GPSR compliant product can be placed on the EU market. Products placed before that date can stay on the market.
The European Commission has prepared a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to provide preliminary clarifications on the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which entered into force on July 18, 2024. The ESPR aims to set a new standard for product sustainability, ensuring that products placed on the EU market are Read more…
Regulation (EU) 2024/2462, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on September 20, 2024, amends Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation (Regulation (EC) 1907/2006). It introduces restrictions on undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts, and PFHxA-related substances, which are part of the PFAS group, including their use in cosmetic Read more…
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has classified talc as a Category 1B Carcinogen, Mutagen, or Reproductive toxin (CMR).
On 2 October 2024, the Commission published additional guidance documents and a stronger international cooperation framework to support global stakeholders, Member States and third countries in their preparations for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation.
The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2564 of 19 June 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the harmonised classification and labelling of certain substances has been published. This is the 22nd ATP (Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress) of the European CLP Regulation (Classification, Read more…
The European Commission has published the draft document for the 23rd Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling, and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation). The Annex to the document lists the substances for which RAC adopted an opinion in 2023 on Read more…