by delphic-admin | Dec 1, 2023 | Europe
Companies representing the global silicones industry have lost major appeal cases seeking to overturn decisions identifying siloxanes as substances of very high concern under REACH and banning them in wash-off cosmetics due to environmental hazards. In two separate...
by delphic-admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Europe
ECHA has suggested a default concentration limit for the European Commission’s future restriction proposal on carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals in childcare articles that is up to 300 times lower than existing levels under CLP. In a 23 August draft...
by delphic-admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Europe
The European Commission has proposed a clamp-down on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), expanding a generic ban on harmful substances to cover more hazard classes. The EU executive on 28th July published its plan for a new regulation that maintains the current...
by delphic-admin | Sep 4, 2023 | Europe
On 26 July 2023, the European Commission published Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1540 (can be accessed here) amending and correcting Decision (EU) 2021/1870 establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (can be accessed here) in the...
by delphic-admin | Sep 4, 2023 | Europe
On 27 July 2023, the EU Commission published on the Official Journal of the EU the regulation (can be accessed here) updating the labelling requirements for fragrance allergens, by including additional fragrance allergens to the list. This regulation will enter...