15 July 2019
Chemicals compliance
The Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 concerning persistent organic pollutants has been published in the Official Journal. The 2004/850 regulation dealing with the same subject has been repealed.
The objective of this Regulation is to protect human health and the environment from POP, in such a way as to prohibit, eliminate the manufacture, marketing and use of substances subject to the Stockholm Convention
The Regulation introduced some definitions, it was aligned with the REACH Regulation to ensure consistency between the different actors. ECHA has been entrusted with some tasks and some simplifications have been introduced on the methods of communication and monitoring.
For more information, consult Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
04 April 2024
Chemicals compliance
On 3 April 2024, Regulation 2024/996 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 was published. Below is the list of the amendments: Annex II (prohibited substances): the substance...