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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New EU Toy Safety Regulation to Tighten Chemical Limits and Enable PFAS Restrictions
Apr-28-2025
On 11 April 2025, the European Commission welcomed the provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the new Regulation on the Safety of Toys. The new...
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New EU Guide Clarifies Rules on Intentionally Added Microplastics
Apr-07-2025
The European Commission has published a comprehensive explanatory guide to support the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/2055, which restricts the placing on the market of products containing intentionally added microplastics. The...
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- Medical Device Regulation EU 2017/745
- Regulation Ec No 1223/ 2009 Of EU On Cosmetic Products
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- Regulation Ec No 1935/2004 On FCM
- Regulation Ec No 1907/2006 On EU REACH
- Annual Regulatory Summary 2022 - EU
- Actionable Summary EU REACH