On September 5, 2018, the European Chemicals Agency
("ECHA") launched a public consultation to include 18 new substances in Annex XIV REACH. REACH,
the acronym for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
Restriction of Chemicals, is an EU regulation that addresses the
production and use of chemical substances, as well as their
potential impacts on human health and the environment. ECHA's
consultation is open for comments until December 5, 2018.
The substances under consideration for authorization include the
following:
Simultaneously, the European Commission will be investigating
the socioeconomic impact of inclusion of the substances into Annex
XIV. After the public consultation and the Member State
Committee's opinion, the Commission will make a final decision
on insertion into Annex XIV.
