Toxic-free for EU is a new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemicals regulatory affairs, brought to you by CHEM Trust.
Chemicals policies are moving into the limelight as the European Commission is expected to publish next year a proposal for revising the main EU chemicals law, REACH. This proposal shall then move to the European Parliament and Council.
At the centre of the Commission’s reform plans are new regulatory instruments to ensure everyday consumer products are free from the most harmful chemicals. It includes the first revision ever of the REACH regulation from 2006 and the updating of the laws on classifying chemicals to introduce new hazard classes for hormone disrupting and chemicals that create persistent pollution.
The process of creating the EU’s modern REACH chemicals rules was very controversial twenty years ago. We expect something similar this time around.
With this weekly briefing, we intend to provide orientation and guidance through the upcoming decision-making procedures on these revised laws. We will report on proposals, positions, arguments and solutions on how to achieve an effective and efficient legal framework for toxic-free products in Europe.
If you are interested in receiving our weekly update, please subscribe here!
2025
N°102 – ECHA to get a new and stronger foundation, 11th July 2025
N°101 – PFAS: 11 French municipalities prohibit drinking water supply for vulnerable people, 4th July 2025
N°100 – Chemical Omnibus draft clashes with consumer protection, 27th June 2025
N°99 – Netherlands municipalities ask for national PFAS ban as EU is too slow, 20th June 2025
N°98 – EU Parliament and Council reach a deal for a stronger chemical data platform, 13th June 2025
N°97 – Concerned scientists intervene in final stretch of REACH revision, 6th June 2025
N°96 – Chemical omnibus on a collision course with fighting cancer, 23rd May 2025
N°95 – Von der Leyen steps up support for chemical sector, 16th May 2025
N°94 – Commission accused of industry-sided REACH revision, 25th April 2025
N°93 – EU lawmakers agree to ban endocrine disruptors, bisphenols and PFAS from toys, 11th April 2025
N°92 – Commission opens final consultation round for REACH revision, 4th April 2025
N°91 – Séjourné insists REACH revision will be out by the end of the year, 28th March 2025
N°90 – Toy safety trilogue: negotiations on PFAS and bisphenol to be continued, 21st March 2025
N°89 – EU countries concerned about petrochemical plants’ decline, 14th March 2025
N°88 – Cefic scales back on protection ambition from REACH revision, 28th February 2025
N°87 – France, second EU country to ban PFAS in consumer products, 21st February 2025
N°86 – REACH revision proposal confirmed for Q4, but unclear when ECHA regulation is due, 14th February 2025
N°85 – Competitiveness compass points to protection against chemical risks, 31st January 2025
N°84 – PFAS water pollution threatens societal resilience, warn Europe’s water companies, 24th January 2025
N°83 – 100 billion euros per year to decontaminate Europe from PFAS if emissions unabated, 17th January 2025
2024
N°82 – Ministers team up for ambitious REACH revision, 19th December 2024
N°81 – Professional uses exempted from PFHxA (PFAS subgroup) restriction, Commission suggests, 13th December 2024
N°80 – Widely used PFAS-pesticide about to lose EU approval, 6th December 2024
N°79 – EU common drinking water protection falling apart over PFAS, 29nd November 2024
N°78 – Authorities behind PFAS restriction open to other options than banning, 22nd November 2024
N°77 – PFAS restriction: Séjourné wants to accelerate action, 15th November 2024
N°76 – MEPs cross-examine Roswall on chemicals, 8th November 2024
N°75 – REACH revision as early as 2025, 25th October 2024
N°74 – European waters suffer from persistent chemical pollution, 18th October 2024
N°73 – Hungarian Presidency wants to speed up the Chemicals Strategy, 11th October 2024
N°72 – Commission sued for allowing PFAS-pesticide which is causing forever water pollution, 27th September 2024
N°71 – Von der Leyen II: new faces, old setup for upgrading chemicals policy, 20th September 2024
N°70 – Draghi’s report scaremongers about chemical safety regulation, 13th September 2024
N°69 – Toxic-free toys: Internal market committee upholds previous Parliament position, 6th September 2024
N°68 – Influential MEPs on chemicals policy return to the Environment committee, 26th July 2024
N°67 – Von der Leyen promises to simplify REACH for more circularity and resilience, 19th July 2024
N°66 – Forever chemical TFA causing widespread pollution of drinking water, 12th July 2024
N°65 – S&D puts REACH revision on its priority list, 5th July 2024
N°64 – ECHA starts the review to classify forever chemical TFA as reprotoxic 1B, 28th June 2024
N°63 – MEPs leading on chemicals policy: who’s back and who’s not, 14th June 2024
N°62 – PFAS pollution awareness still low in the East of the EU, 7th June 2024
N°61 – Record PFAS levels, water companies alarmed, 31st May 2024
N°60 – Is the EPP a partner in fighting pollution?, 24th May 2024
N°59 – Commission President defends the PFAS restriction process, 17th May 2024
N°58 – Another PFAS national ban in the pipeline – this time Denmark, 26th April 2024
N°57 – EU must intensify work to phase out harmful chemicals in products, agencies say, 19th April 2024
N°56 – Belgian Presidency keeps momentum on the REACH revision, 12th April 2024
N°55 – French national assembly votes to ban PFAS in textiles, cosmetics, and ski waxes, 5th April 2024
N°54 – Commission accused of inappropriate secrecy on the REACH revision, 22nd March 2024
N°53 – The European Parliament strengthens Commission’s proposal for toxic-free toys, 15th March 2024
N°52 – Legislators take the lead in banning forever chemicals from food packaging, 8th March 2024
N°51 – Another group of ‘forever chemicals’ on its way out, 1st March 2024
N°50 – Chemical sector leads a push for putting industry first in next Commission, 23rd February 2024
N°49 – Belgium working toward a PFAS victim fund, 9th February 2024
N°48 – EU politicians contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS, 2nd February 2024
N°47 – Belgian presidency commits to advancing on the Chemicals strategy, 26th January 2024
N°46 – Fine for French cartel hiding toxics in food packaging, 19th January 2024
2023
N°45 – Belgium Presidency agenda – chemicals files and event, 15th December 2023
N°44 – EU to get a new super platform for data on chemicals, 8th December 2023
N°43 – The Brussels’ EU quarter is drinking PFAS-contaminated water, 1st December 2023
N°42 – European Parliament charges ahead to ban PFAS in food packaging, 24th November 2023
N°41 – Slow go on the Chemicals restriction roadmap, 17th November 2023
N°40 – Lead MEPs raise expectations on toxic-free toys, 10th November 2023
N°39 – Environment Committee wants a rapid ban of ‘forever chemicals’ from food contact packaging, 27th October 2023
N°38 – Šefčovič worried about green transition and competition: REACH revision left to next Commission, 20th October 2023
N°37 – EU ban on F-gases: a climate law that also reduces forever chemical pollution, 13th October 2023
N°36 – Commission keeps REACH revision in limbo: Šefčovič promises hard work but delivery remains uncertain, 6th October 2023
N°35 – German chemical industry gets summit, but not the wanted outcome, 29th September 2023
N°34 – REACH revision: a first test for the incoming Green Deal Commissioner, Šefčovič, 22nd September 2023
N°33 – Sinkevičius questions if REACH revision ready under this mandate, 15th September 2023
N°32 – Scholz holds summit for chemical industry in crisis, 8th September 2023
N°31 – Health benefits from toxic-free products ten times higher than industry costs, 14th July 2023
N°30 – Dutch politicians angry at Chemours over PFAS pollution cover-up, 7th July 2023
N°29 – Universal ban of ‘forever chemicals’ caught in ineffective procedures, 30th June 2023
N°28 – Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain articles, industrial uses off the hook 23rd June 2023
N°27 – Conservatives keep trying to halt the Green Deal, 16th June 2023
N°26 – Commission announces damage control on toxic bisphenol A in food packaging, 9th June 2023
N°25 – Green transition, PFAS industry grasping at straws, 2nd June 2023
N°24 – Environment Commissioner highlights the chemicals pollution crisis, 12th May 2023
N°23 – EU trade in chemicals accelerated in 2022, 5th May 2023
N°22 – Restrictions roadmap puts the failure of the chemicals policy in the limelight, 28th April 2023
N°21 – French leaders under pressure on the REACH revision, 21st April 2023
N°20 – German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH, 14th April 2023
N°19 – Toxic-free investments in consumer products at risk, warns company, 7th April 2023
N°18 – Waiting for REACH: lawmakers and stakeholders warn of negative impacts of the Commission’s delays, 31st March 2023
N°17 – Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer, 24th March 2023
N°16 – REACH revision stuck in Commission politics, 17th March 2023
N°15 – Universal PFAS restriction proposal by Member States is published, 10th February 2023
N°14 – REACH revision delay: industry and NGOs call for regulatory certainty, 3rd February 2023
N°13 – PFAS everywhere, now in Danish eggs: nothing safe, 27th January 2023
N°12 – Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern, 20th January 2023
N°11 – A first global target for chemical pollution under the Biodiversity Framework, 13th January 2023
2022
N°10 – Commission gets cracking at the Chemicals Restrictions roadmap – first stop: carcinogens in childcare articles, 9th December 2022
N°9 – ECHA gives green light to ban lead in shooting and fishing, 2nd December 2022, 2nd December 2022
N°8 – Classification of endocrine disruptors opened to the use of non-animal data, 25th November 2022
N°7 – REACH revision passes impact assessment test, 18th November 2022
N°6 – Flemish government turns green following PFAS pollution scandal, 11th November 2022
N°5 – Consultation shows broad support for CLP new hazard classes, 28th October 2022
N°4 – Nobody happy with the REACH revision delay – Commission rows back, 21st October 2022
N°3 – The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – two years on and the heavy lifting still to come, 14th October 2022
N°2 – European Parliament rejects a regulatory moratorium on REACH, 7th October 2022
N°1 – A brand-new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemical regulatory affairs, 30th September 2022
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Toxic-free for EU is a new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemicals regulatory affairs, brought to you by CHEM Trust.
Chemicals policies are moving into the limelight as the European Commission is expected to publish next year a proposal for revising the main EU chemicals law, REACH. This proposal shall then move to the European Parliament and Council.
At the centre of the Commission’s reform plans are new regulatory instruments to ensure everyday consumer products are free from the most harmful chemicals. It includes the first revision ever of the REACH regulation from 2006 and the updating of the laws on classifying chemicals to introduce new hazard classes for hormone disrupting and chemicals that create persistent pollution.
The process of creating the EU’s modern REACH chemicals rules was very controversial twenty years ago. We expect something similar this time around.
With this weekly briefing, we intend to provide orientation and guidance through the upcoming decision-making procedures on these revised laws. We will report on proposals, positions, arguments and solutions on how to achieve an effective and efficient legal framework for toxic-free products in Europe.
If you are interested in receiving our weekly update, please subscribe here!
N°44 – EU to get a new super platform for data on chemicals, 8 December 2023
N°43 – The Brussels’ EU quarter is drinking PFAS-contaminated water, 1st December 2023
N°42 – European Parliament charges ahead to ban PFAS in food packaging, 24th November 2023
N°41 – Slow go on the Chemicals restriction roadmap, 17th November 2023
N°40 – Lead MEPs raise expectations on toxic-free toys, 10th November 2023
N°39 – Environment Committee wants a rapid ban of ‘forever chemicals’ from food contact packaging, 27th October 2023
N°38 – Šefčovič worried about green transition and competition: REACH revision left to next Commission, 20th October 2023
N°37 – EU ban on F-gases: a climate law that also reduces forever chemical pollution, 13th October 2023
N°36 – Commission keeps REACH revision in limbo: Šefčovič promises hard work but delivery remains uncertain, 6th October 2023
N°35 – German chemical industry gets summit, but not the wanted outcome, 29th September 2023
N°34 – REACH revision: a first test for the incoming Green Deal Commissioner, Šefčovič, 22nd September 2023
N°33 – Sinkevičius questions if REACH revision ready under this mandate, 15th September 2023
N°32 – Scholz holds summit for chemical industry in crisis, 8th September 2023
N°31 – Health benefits from toxic-free products ten times higher than industry costs, 14th July 2023
N°30 – Dutch politicians angry at Chemours over PFAS pollution cover-up, 7th July 2023
N°29 – Universal ban of ‘forever chemicals’ caught in ineffective procedures, 30th June 2023
N°28 – Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain articles, industrial uses off the hook 23rd June 2023
N°27 – Conservatives keep trying to halt the Green Deal, 16th June 2023
N°26 – Commission announces damage control on toxic bisphenol A in food packaging, 9th June 2023
N°25 – Green transition, PFAS industry grasping at straws, 2nd June 2023
N°24 – Environment Commissioner highlights the chemicals pollution crisis, 12th May 2023
N°23 – EU trade in chemicals accelerated in 2022, 5th May 2023
N°22 – Restrictions roadmap puts the failure of the chemicals policy in the limelight, 28th April 2023
N°21 – French leaders under pressure on the REACH revision, 21st April 2023
N°20 – German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH, 14th April 2023
N°19 – Toxic-free investments in consumer products at risk, warns company, 7th April 2023
N°18 – Waiting for REACH: lawmakers and stakeholders warn of negative impacts of the Commission’s delays, 31st March 2023
N°17 – Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer, 24th March 2023
N°16 – REACH revision stuck in Commission politics, 17th March 2023
N°15 – Universal PFAS restriction proposal by Member States is published, 10th February 2023
N°14 – REACH revision delay: industry and NGOs call for regulatory certainty, 3rd February 2023
N°13 – PFAS everywhere, now in Danish eggs: nothing safe, 27th January 2023
N°12 – Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern, 20th January 2023
N°11 – A first global target for chemical pollution under the Biodiversity Framework, 13th January 2023
N°10 – Commission gets cracking at the Chemicals Restrictions roadmap – first stop: carcinogens in childcare articles, 9th December 2022
N°9 – ECHA gives green light to ban lead in shooting and fishing, 2nd December 2022, 2nd December 2022
N°8 – Classification of endocrine disruptors opened to the use of non-animal data, 25th November 2022
N°7 – REACH revision passes impact assessment test, 18th November 2022
N°6 – Flemish government turns green following PFAS pollution scandal, 11th November 2022
N°5 – Consultation shows broad support for CLP new hazard classes, 28th October 2022
N°4 – Nobody happy with the REACH revision delay – Commission rows back, 21st October 2022
N°3 – The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – two years on and the heavy lifting still to come, 14th October 2022
N°2 – European Parliament rejects a regulatory moratorium on REACH, 7th October 2022
N°1 – A brand-new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemical regulatory affairs, 30th September 2022
Toxic-free for EU is a new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemicals regulatory affairs, brought to you by CHEM Trust.
Chemicals policies are moving into the limelight as the European Commission is expected to publish next year a proposal for revising the main EU chemicals law, REACH. This proposal shall then move to the European Parliament and Council.
At the centre of the Commission’s reform plans are new regulatory instruments to ensure everyday consumer products are free from the most harmful chemicals. It includes the first revision ever of the REACH regulation from 2006 and the updating of the laws on classifying chemicals to introduce new hazard classes for hormone disrupting and chemicals that create persistent pollution.
The process of creating the EU’s modern REACH chemicals rules was very controversial twenty years ago. We expect something similar this time around.
With this weekly briefing, we intend to provide orientation and guidance through the upcoming decision-making procedures on these revised laws. We will report on proposals, positions, arguments and solutions on how to achieve an effective and efficient legal framework for toxic-free products in Europe.
If you are interested in receiving our weekly update, please subscribe here!
2025
N°102 – ECHA to get a new and stronger foundation, 11th July 2025
N°101 – PFAS: 11 French municipalities prohibit drinking water supply for vulnerable people, 4th July 2025
N°100 – Chemical Omnibus draft clashes with consumer protection, 27th June 2025
N°99 – Netherlands municipalities ask for national PFAS ban as EU is too slow, 20th June 2025
N°98 – EU Parliament and Council reach a deal for a stronger chemical data platform, 13th June 2025
N°97 – Concerned scientists intervene in final stretch of REACH revision, 6th June 2025
N°96 – Chemical omnibus on a collision course with fighting cancer, 23rd May 2025
N°95 – Von der Leyen steps up support for chemical sector, 16th May 2025
N°94 – Commission accused of industry-sided REACH revision, 25th April 2025
N°93 – EU lawmakers agree to ban endocrine disruptors, bisphenols and PFAS from toys, 11th April 2025
N°92 – Commission opens final consultation round for REACH revision, 4th April 2025
N°91 – Séjourné insists REACH revision will be out by the end of the year, 28th March 2025
N°90 – Toy safety trilogue: negotiations on PFAS and bisphenol to be continued, 21st March 2025
N°89 – EU countries concerned about petrochemical plants’ decline, 14th March 2025
N°88 – Cefic scales back on protection ambition from REACH revision, 28th February 2025
N°87 – France, second EU country to ban PFAS in consumer products, 21st February 2025
N°86 – REACH revision proposal confirmed for Q4, but unclear when ECHA regulation is due, 14th February 2025
N°85 – Competitiveness compass points to protection against chemical risks, 31st January 2025
N°84 – PFAS water pollution threatens societal resilience, warn Europe’s water companies, 24th January 2025
N°83 – 100 billion euros per year to decontaminate Europe from PFAS if emissions unabated, 17th January 2025
2024
N°82 – Ministers team up for ambitious REACH revision, 19th December 2024
N°81 – Professional uses exempted from PFHxA (PFAS subgroup) restriction, Commission suggests, 13th December 2024
N°80 – Widely used PFAS-pesticide about to lose EU approval, 6th December 2024
N°79 – EU common drinking water protection falling apart over PFAS, 29nd November 2024
N°78 – Authorities behind PFAS restriction open to other options than banning, 22nd November 2024
N°77 – PFAS restriction: Séjourné wants to accelerate action, 15th November 2024
N°76 – MEPs cross-examine Roswall on chemicals, 8th November 2024
N°75 – REACH revision as early as 2025, 25th October 2024
N°74 – European waters suffer from persistent chemical pollution, 18th October 2024
N°73 – Hungarian Presidency wants to speed up the Chemicals Strategy, 11th October 2024
N°72 – Commission sued for allowing PFAS-pesticide which is causing forever water pollution, 27th September 2024
N°71 – Von der Leyen II: new faces, old setup for upgrading chemicals policy, 20th September 2024
N°70 – Draghi’s report scaremongers about chemical safety regulation, 13th September 2024
N°69 – Toxic-free toys: Internal market committee upholds previous Parliament position, 6th September 2024
N°68 – Influential MEPs on chemicals policy return to the Environment committee, 26th July 2024
N°67 – Von der Leyen promises to simplify REACH for more circularity and resilience, 19th July 2024
N°66 – Forever chemical TFA causing widespread pollution of drinking water, 12th July 2024
N°65 – S&D puts REACH revision on its priority list, 5th July 2024
N°64 – ECHA starts the review to classify forever chemical TFA as reprotoxic 1B, 28th June 2024
N°63 – MEPs leading on chemicals policy: who’s back and who’s not, 14th June 2024
N°62 – PFAS pollution awareness still low in the East of the EU, 7th June 2024
N°61 – Record PFAS levels, water companies alarmed, 31st May 2024
N°60 – Is the EPP a partner in fighting pollution?, 24th May 2024
N°59 – Commission President defends the PFAS restriction process, 17th May 2024
N°58 – Another PFAS national ban in the pipeline – this time Denmark, 26th April 2024
N°57 – EU must intensify work to phase out harmful chemicals in products, agencies say, 19th April 2024
N°56 – Belgian Presidency keeps momentum on the REACH revision, 12th April 2024
N°55 – French national assembly votes to ban PFAS in textiles, cosmetics, and ski waxes, 5th April 2024
N°54 – Commission accused of inappropriate secrecy on the REACH revision, 22nd March 2024
N°53 – The European Parliament strengthens Commission’s proposal for toxic-free toys, 15th March 2024
N°52 – Legislators take the lead in banning forever chemicals from food packaging, 8th March 2024
N°51 – Another group of ‘forever chemicals’ on its way out, 1st March 2024
N°50 – Chemical sector leads a push for putting industry first in next Commission, 23rd February 2024
N°49 – Belgium working toward a PFAS victim fund, 9th February 2024
N°48 – EU politicians contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS, 2nd February 2024
N°47 – Belgian presidency commits to advancing on the Chemicals strategy, 26th January 2024
N°46 – Fine for French cartel hiding toxics in food packaging, 19th January 2024
2023
N°45 – Belgium Presidency agenda – chemicals files and event, 15th December 2023
N°44 – EU to get a new super platform for data on chemicals, 8th December 2023
N°43 – The Brussels’ EU quarter is drinking PFAS-contaminated water, 1st December 2023
N°42 – European Parliament charges ahead to ban PFAS in food packaging, 24th November 2023
N°41 – Slow go on the Chemicals restriction roadmap, 17th November 2023
N°40 – Lead MEPs raise expectations on toxic-free toys, 10th November 2023
N°39 – Environment Committee wants a rapid ban of ‘forever chemicals’ from food contact packaging, 27th October 2023
N°38 – Šefčovič worried about green transition and competition: REACH revision left to next Commission, 20th October 2023
N°37 – EU ban on F-gases: a climate law that also reduces forever chemical pollution, 13th October 2023
N°36 – Commission keeps REACH revision in limbo: Šefčovič promises hard work but delivery remains uncertain, 6th October 2023
N°35 – German chemical industry gets summit, but not the wanted outcome, 29th September 2023
N°34 – REACH revision: a first test for the incoming Green Deal Commissioner, Šefčovič, 22nd September 2023
N°33 – Sinkevičius questions if REACH revision ready under this mandate, 15th September 2023
N°32 – Scholz holds summit for chemical industry in crisis, 8th September 2023
N°31 – Health benefits from toxic-free products ten times higher than industry costs, 14th July 2023
N°30 – Dutch politicians angry at Chemours over PFAS pollution cover-up, 7th July 2023
N°29 – Universal ban of ‘forever chemicals’ caught in ineffective procedures, 30th June 2023
N°28 – Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain articles, industrial uses off the hook 23rd June 2023
N°27 – Conservatives keep trying to halt the Green Deal, 16th June 2023
N°26 – Commission announces damage control on toxic bisphenol A in food packaging, 9th June 2023
N°25 – Green transition, PFAS industry grasping at straws, 2nd June 2023
N°24 – Environment Commissioner highlights the chemicals pollution crisis, 12th May 2023
N°23 – EU trade in chemicals accelerated in 2022, 5th May 2023
N°22 – Restrictions roadmap puts the failure of the chemicals policy in the limelight, 28th April 2023
N°21 – French leaders under pressure on the REACH revision, 21st April 2023
N°20 – German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH, 14th April 2023
N°19 – Toxic-free investments in consumer products at risk, warns company, 7th April 2023
N°18 – Waiting for REACH: lawmakers and stakeholders warn of negative impacts of the Commission’s delays, 31st March 2023
N°17 – Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer, 24th March 2023
N°16 – REACH revision stuck in Commission politics, 17th March 2023
N°15 – Universal PFAS restriction proposal by Member States is published, 10th February 2023
N°14 – REACH revision delay: industry and NGOs call for regulatory certainty, 3rd February 2023
N°13 – PFAS everywhere, now in Danish eggs: nothing safe, 27th January 2023
N°12 – Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern, 20th January 2023
N°11 – A first global target for chemical pollution under the Biodiversity Framework, 13th January 2023
2022
N°10 – Commission gets cracking at the Chemicals Restrictions roadmap – first stop: carcinogens in childcare articles, 9th December 2022
N°9 – ECHA gives green light to ban lead in shooting and fishing, 2nd December 2022, 2nd December 2022
N°8 – Classification of endocrine disruptors opened to the use of non-animal data, 25th November 2022
N°7 – REACH revision passes impact assessment test, 18th November 2022
N°6 – Flemish government turns green following PFAS pollution scandal, 11th November 2022
N°5 – Consultation shows broad support for CLP new hazard classes, 28th October 2022
N°4 – Nobody happy with the REACH revision delay – Commission rows back, 21st October 2022
N°3 – The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – two years on and the heavy lifting still to come, 14th October 2022
N°2 – European Parliament rejects a regulatory moratorium on REACH, 7th October 2022
N°1 – A brand-new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemical regulatory affairs, 30th September 2022
Toxic-free for EU is a new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemicals regulatory affairs, brought to you by CHEM Trust.
Chemicals policies are moving into the limelight as the European Commission is expected to publish next year a proposal for revising the main EU chemicals law, REACH. This proposal shall then move to the European Parliament and Council.
At the centre of the Commission’s reform plans are new regulatory instruments to ensure everyday consumer products are free from the most harmful chemicals. It includes the first revision ever of the REACH regulation from 2006 and the updating of the laws on classifying chemicals to introduce new hazard classes for hormone disrupting and chemicals that create persistent pollution.
The process of creating the EU’s modern REACH chemicals rules was very controversial twenty years ago. We expect something similar this time around.
With this weekly briefing, we intend to provide orientation and guidance through the upcoming decision-making procedures on these revised laws. We will report on proposals, positions, arguments and solutions on how to achieve an effective and efficient legal framework for toxic-free products in Europe.
If you are interested in receiving our weekly update, please subscribe here!
N°44 – EU to get a new super platform for data on chemicals, 8 December 2023
N°43 – The Brussels’ EU quarter is drinking PFAS-contaminated water, 1st December 2023
N°42 – European Parliament charges ahead to ban PFAS in food packaging, 24th November 2023
N°41 – Slow go on the Chemicals restriction roadmap, 17th November 2023
N°40 – Lead MEPs raise expectations on toxic-free toys, 10th November 2023
N°39 – Environment Committee wants a rapid ban of ‘forever chemicals’ from food contact packaging, 27th October 2023
N°38 – Šefčovič worried about green transition and competition: REACH revision left to next Commission, 20th October 2023
N°37 – EU ban on F-gases: a climate law that also reduces forever chemical pollution, 13th October 2023
N°36 – Commission keeps REACH revision in limbo: Šefčovič promises hard work but delivery remains uncertain, 6th October 2023
N°35 – German chemical industry gets summit, but not the wanted outcome, 29th September 2023
N°34 – REACH revision: a first test for the incoming Green Deal Commissioner, Šefčovič, 22nd September 2023
N°33 – Sinkevičius questions if REACH revision ready under this mandate, 15th September 2023
N°32 – Scholz holds summit for chemical industry in crisis, 8th September 2023
N°31 – Health benefits from toxic-free products ten times higher than industry costs, 14th July 2023
N°30 – Dutch politicians angry at Chemours over PFAS pollution cover-up, 7th July 2023
N°29 – Universal ban of ‘forever chemicals’ caught in ineffective procedures, 30th June 2023
N°28 – Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain articles, industrial uses off the hook 23rd June 2023
N°27 – Conservatives keep trying to halt the Green Deal, 16th June 2023
N°26 – Commission announces damage control on toxic bisphenol A in food packaging, 9th June 2023
N°25 – Green transition, PFAS industry grasping at straws, 2nd June 2023
N°24 – Environment Commissioner highlights the chemicals pollution crisis, 12th May 2023
N°23 – EU trade in chemicals accelerated in 2022, 5th May 2023
N°22 – Restrictions roadmap puts the failure of the chemicals policy in the limelight, 28th April 2023
N°21 – French leaders under pressure on the REACH revision, 21st April 2023
N°20 – German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH, 14th April 2023
N°19 – Toxic-free investments in consumer products at risk, warns company, 7th April 2023
N°18 – Waiting for REACH: lawmakers and stakeholders warn of negative impacts of the Commission’s delays, 31st March 2023
N°17 – Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer, 24th March 2023
N°16 – REACH revision stuck in Commission politics, 17th March 2023
N°15 – Universal PFAS restriction proposal by Member States is published, 10th February 2023
N°14 – REACH revision delay: industry and NGOs call for regulatory certainty, 3rd February 2023
N°13 – PFAS everywhere, now in Danish eggs: nothing safe, 27th January 2023
N°12 – Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern, 20th January 2023
N°11 – A first global target for chemical pollution under the Biodiversity Framework, 13th January 2023
N°10 – Commission gets cracking at the Chemicals Restrictions roadmap – first stop: carcinogens in childcare articles, 9th December 2022
N°9 – ECHA gives green light to ban lead in shooting and fishing, 2nd December 2022, 2nd December 2022
N°8 – Classification of endocrine disruptors opened to the use of non-animal data, 25th November 2022
N°7 – REACH revision passes impact assessment test, 18th November 2022
N°6 – Flemish government turns green following PFAS pollution scandal, 11th November 2022
N°5 – Consultation shows broad support for CLP new hazard classes, 28th October 2022
N°4 – Nobody happy with the REACH revision delay – Commission rows back, 21st October 2022
N°3 – The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – two years on and the heavy lifting still to come, 14th October 2022
N°2 – European Parliament rejects a regulatory moratorium on REACH, 7th October 2022
N°1 – A brand-new weekly briefing on EU politics and chemical regulatory affairs, 30th September 2022