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On 30 June 2023, the Council adopted its negotiating position on the proposed regulation for the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals, also known as the CLP regulation. This proposed regulation updates existing EU legislation and aims at clarifying the rules on classifying and labelling chemical substances and the required Read more…
The French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has expressed concerns about the European Commission’s new definition of nanomaterial published in June 2022.
On 27 April 2023, the Commission welcomes the positive vote of the EU countries on the REACH committee for its proposal to restrict microplastics that are intentionally added to products.
To protect children, the European Commission plans to prepare a REACH restriction proposal on carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in childcare articles. To this end, ECHA prepared a call for evidence and asked interested parties to send information on the potential presence of CMRs (categories 1A or 1B) in childcare articles. The Read more…
On 22 March 2023, Cosmetics Europe, together with other associations, representing major market sectors, issued a joint letter calling on the European Commission to adopt in 2023 EU harmonized rules to calculate the chemically recycled content in plastics.
On 17 February 2023, a group of brands and associations from the cosmetics industry, committed to formulating and selling only microplastic-free products, urged the European Commission (EC) in an open letter to accelerate the ban of intentionally added microplastics from all cosmetic products.
On 19 December 2022, the European Commission proposed a revised Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and introduced new hazard classes for endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemical substances to better protect people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.
On 13 October 2022, the European Commission started a consultation on the draft amendment of Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation regarding substances recently classified as CMR by the 18th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress) of the CLP Regulation. This draft act is open for feedback for 4 weeks. Read more…