Dec-05-2025
On 1 December 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed its position on the sixth update of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive (CMRD). The revision introduces new binding...
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On 26 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the Reporting Guidelines for Synthetic Polymer Microparticles (SPMs) to support companies in preparing the annual emission reports required under the EU...
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On 25 November 2025, the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative report (2025/2086(INI)) calling for faster approval and authorisation procedures for biological control agents used in agriculture.The Parliament emphasises the important role...
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Update 23 December 2025: Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on...
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On 18 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) made its 12th recommendation to the European Commission, that four additional substances be added to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the...
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On 6 November 2025, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and Forestry, Jessika Roswall, presented an update on the European Commission’s chemicals policy agenda. She confirmed that the long-awaited...
Read MoreThe long-awaited revision of the EU REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 has been delayed again. The European Commission’s internal planning document (SEC(2025) 2543 final, 3 November 2025), outlining possible agenda items...
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On 7 November 2025 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a draft mapping of PFAS uses to support the upcoming consultation on the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis’s (SEAC) draft opinion concerning...
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On 5 November 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed on its negotiating position for the remainder of the ‘Omnibus VI’ package, which aims to simplify the requirements for chemical...
Read MoreThe revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which came into effect on 16 October 2025, introduces mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles and footwear and sets binding food waste reduction...
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