EUROPEAN UNION
PFAS restriction under REACH – RAC opinion adopted, SEAC draft opinion agreed and public consultation launched. A major milestone has been reached in the EU generic restriction process for PFAS. On 2 March 2026, the European Chemicals Agency’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) adopted its final opinion, followed shortly after by the adoption of the draft opinion of the Socio-Economic Analysis Committee (SEAC) on 10 March.
Both are supportive of the restriction and of most of the proposed derogations, even though they acknowledge the existence of significant gaps in the dossier and potential enforcement issues due to a lack of available analytical methods. Both committees recommend that any restriction be complemented by measures to minimise emissions, including monitoring obligations, supply-chain communication and labelling requirements, with reservations expressed by the SEAC on the potential costs of such measures.
