The European Commission launched on Tuesday 19 July a public consultation on improving access to data on chemicals for safety assessments.
It plans to present a proposal for an EU Regulation on this subject in the first quarter of 2023 and expects to gather as much input as possible in order to fine-tune this proposal, which will contribute to the implementation of the EU’s ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ of October 2020 (see EUROPE 12580/16).
According to the Commission, the future Regulation will aim to improve access to data on chemicals from public authorities, private entities or the scientific literature by removing technical and administrative barriers.
The data should be easy to find, available, secure, shared and reusable, the EU institution says.
The initiative will also aim to enhance the use of all available data and increase transparency.
In addition, it will allow EU and national authorities to carry out testing and monitoring of chemical substances under a regulatory framework, if necessary, when they find that data generation is not sufficient or appropriate, the Commission says.
The public consultation is open until midnight Brussels time on 16 August. To access it online: https://aeur.eu/f/2p6 (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)