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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…
On 7 December 2023, Germany submitted an intention to the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) for the Harmonised Classification and Labeling (CLH) of the pH adjuster Trifluoroacetic Acid (CAS no 76-05-1) as a reproductive toxicant. If the classification process is completed, the use of Trifluoroacetic Acid in cosmetic products may be threatened.
Cosmetics Europe recommends that, by 31 December 2025, cosmetics manufacturers phase out the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ingredients (PFAS) if intentionally added to cosmetic products placed on the market in the EU, EFTA, and the UK (including imported products).
The consultation on the proposed restriction of approximately 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) submitted by five national authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, which opened on 22 March 2023, has recently concluded. PFAS have a wide range of uses in, among others, various cosmetic products, such Read more…
On 8 August 2023, the European Commission issued the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1608 to amend Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) by adding perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, with specific exemptions on intermediate use or other specifications. The Regulation entered into Read more…
On 7 February 2023, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) published the details of the proposed restriction of around 10 000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). The proposal was submitted by five national authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. ECHA’s scientific committees will now start evaluating the proposal in Read more…
On 13 January 2023, the national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden submitted a so-called ‘restriction proposal’ to ECHA to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) under REACH.
Based on the European Green Deal’s zero pollution ambition of having an environment free of harmful pollution by 2050, the European Commission is proposing stronger rules on ambient air, surface, and groundwater pollutants, and the treatment of urban wastewater. To this end, the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive will be revised accordingly, and Read more…