Regulatory briefing
The European Union has developed and evolved its chemical inventory systems over time. Historically, the EU used the European Community (EC) Inventory, which consists of three lists: the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS), the European List of Notified Chemicals Substances (ELINCS), and the No-Longer Polymers (NLP) list.
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PFAS Restriction Dossier Submitters Release Summary of Updates
Oct-22-2025
The national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a 20-page summary explaining the updates to their proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the...
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EU Parliament Adopts ‘One Substance, One Assessment’ Package to Streamline Chemical Regulation (Updated)
Nov-21-2025
Update 13 November 2025: The Council of the European Union has today formally approved the One Substance, One Assessment (OSOA) legislative package, marking the final political step before publication in the...
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- Annual Regulatory Summary 2022 - EU
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