The European Commission is seeking public input on the ongoing revision of the REACH Regulation (1907/2006) governing the authorisation of chemical substances and restrictions on authorisation in the European Union. A consultation, launched on Thursday 20 January, is open until 15 April to feed into the impact assessment being prepared by the EU institution.
The targeted revision of the REACH Regulation is one of the actions announced in the EU’s ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ adopted in October 2020 as part of the European Green Deal to better protect people and the environment from hazardous chemical substances and to encourage innovation to develop safe and sustainable alternatives (see EUROPE 12678/13).
The views of the public and all interested parties are sought on a wide range of issues concerning: - revising the registration requirements, including increasing the information requirements and establishing the obligation to register polymers, the building blocks of plastics; - the introduction of mixture assessment factors; - simplifying communication in supply chains; - the revision of the provisions on dossier and substance evaluation; - reform of the authorisation and restriction processes, including the extension of generic approaches to risk management and the introduction of the concept of essential use; - the revision of the monitoring and enforcement provisions.
To participate: https://bit.ly/3vJEQdi (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)