Position paper - European Commission's paper on REACH authorisation and restriction presented to the CARACAL in January 2022

The European Commission presented the paper ‘Discussion on potential options for amendments of the REACH Regulation in order to reform REACH authorisation and restriction processes’ at the meeting of the competent authorities on REACH and CLP (CARACAL) on 27 January 2022. The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’s (CSS) aims to improve the existing framework for EU chemicals policy and adapt it to help achieve sustainability and competitiveness ambitions. The following document comments on how the Commission can pursue improvements that are targeted and incremental, avoiding the severe uncertainty that would stem from an unjustified overhaul of EU chemicals legislation.

Please download the paper to read ACham EU's comprehensive comments regarding REACH authorisation and restriction.

Questions? Please contact Emilie Bartolini at EBA@amchameu.eu